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MANUAL 


OF  THE 


International  Holiness  Church 


containing  : 

FORM  OF  GOVERNMENT  AND  RITUAL  FOR 
CHURCHES;  ALSO  LOCATION  OF 
MINISTERS,  ETCETERA 


MOTTO  : 

In  Essentials,  Unity:  in  Non-Essentials,  Liberty; 

in  Alt,  Things,  Charity  "~ 

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GOD’S  REVIVALIST  PRESS 

Ringgold,  Young  and  Channing  Streets 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO,  U.  S.  A. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 


Part  One. 

CHAPTER  PARAGRAPH 

I.  Origin  and  Name  . ff  1-4 

II.  Reasons  for  Form  of  Government . ff  5-6 

Government  . f  7 

III.  Object  . ff  8-113 

IV.  General  Statement  of  Belief . ff  14-32 

V.  General  Assembly  . ff  33-36 

VI.  General  Council  . ff  37-45 

VII.  District  Assembly  . If  46-51 

VIII.  District  Council  . ff  52-64 

IX.  Local  Churches  . f  65 

Method  of  Organization  . ff  66-69 

Our  Object  . f  69 

Government  . ff  69-83 

Special  Advices  . ff  84-92 

Reception  of  Members  . ff  93-94 

Church  Covenant  . ff  95-106 

Reception  of  Members  by  Letters.... f  107 

Breach  of  Covenant  . f  108 

Dismissal  of  Members  . ff  109-112 

Board  of  Trustees  . f  113 

Business  Meetings  . f  114 

Church  Meetings  . f  115 

Annual  Church  Meetings  . ff  116-119 

State  Superintendents’  Meetings  .  .  ff  120-122 

Advisory  Board  Meetings  . ff  123-124 

The  Sunday  School  . ff  125-131 

Classes  and  Leaders  . ff  132-138 

Advices  Concerning  Leaders  . ff  139-140 

Standing  Committees  . ff  141-143 

Finance  .  f  141 


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Auditing  .  If  141 

Records  .  i  141 

Missions  .  If  141 

X.  The  Ministry  . Tf  144 

License  to  Preach  . Iflf  145-148 

Ordination  .  ilf  149-154 

Rules  Governing  International  Holi¬ 
ness  Ministers  . IHf  155-157 

Local  Relations  of  Ministers . H  158-160 

Ministers  of  Other  Evangelical 

Churches  .  If  160 

Dismissal  and  Trial  of  a  Minister. .  .^Hf  162-163 

Local  Preacher’s  License  . If  164 

Course  of  Study  . If  176 

Course  of  Study  Outlined . Iflf  165-174 

Preliminary  Examination  for  Li¬ 
cense  .  Iflf  175-176 

Special  Advices  to  Ministers . H  177-180 

Additional  Suggestions  . Iflf  181-186 

XI.  Deaconesses  and  Deaconess  Work...ifif  187-190 

Course  of  Study  for  Licensed  Dea¬ 
conesses  .  Iflf  191-192 

XII.  Foreign  Missions  . Ifi  193-195 

Duties  of  the  Board  . If  196 

Regulations  for  Foreign  Missionary 

Superintendents  .  If  197 

Allowances  of  Missionaries  . If  198 

Rules  Concerning  Outgoing  Mission¬ 
aries  . .  If  199 

Miscellaneous  .  Iflf  200-201 

Part  Two. 

I.  Ritual  : 

1.  Marriage  Ceremony  . If  202 

2.  Baptism  . .  < .  If  203 

(a)  Of  Adults  . If  203 

(b)  Of  Children  . If  204 

3.  Consecration  of  Children . t  205 

4.  The  Lord’s  Supper  . If  206 

5.  Burial  of  the  Dead  . If  207 

6.  Ordination  of  Ministers  . If  208 

7.  Ordination  of  Deaconesses  . if  209 


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APPENDIX 


Appendix  A. — Transportation  and 
Expense  . . 

Assembly 

.  If 

210 

Sub-Appendix  A. — Ministerial  Lists 
ual  and  Minutes  . 

for  Man- 

. IT 

211 

Appendix  B. — Form  of  Deed . 

. If 

212 

Sub- Appendix  B. — Church  Property. 

. If 

213 

Appendix  C. — Order  of  Business .... 

. If 

214 

Appendix  D. — Rules  of  Order  for 
Assembly . 

General 

. f  ■ 

215 

OFFICIAL  RECORD — If  216 


1.  General  Council. 

2.  General  Missionary  Board. 

3.  Special  Comittees: 

(a)  On  Transportation  and  Assembly  Expense. 

(b)  R.  R.  Secretary-Treasurer. 

(c)  Board  of  Education. 

(d)  Board  of  Publication. 

(e)  Home  Missionary  Board. 

(f)  Boards  of  St.  Louis  Rescue  Home  and 
Carlinville  Orphanage. 

(1)  Board  of  Directors. 

(2)  Board  of  Trustees. 

(3)  Executive  Committee. 

(g)  Board  of  Trustees  for  Bethel  Holiness 
Orphanage. 

(h)  Board  of  Trustees  for  Kingswood  College. 

(i)  Editorial  Committee  on  Manual. 

MINISTERS  AND  DEACONESSES  OF  THE  INTERNATIONAL 
HOLINESS  CHURCH — If  217 

(1)  Idaho. 

(2)  Illinois. 

(3)  Indiana. 

(4)  Kansas  and  Oklahoma. 

(5)  Kentucky. 

(6)  Maryland. 

(7)  Michigan. 

(8)  Nebraska.  • 


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(9)  Ohio. 

(10)  Pennsylvania. 

(11)  Southern  District. 

(12)  West  Virginia. 

(13)  Miscellaneous  List. 

(14)  Missionaries. 


PART  ONE 


Chapter  I. 

ORIGIN  AND  NAME. 

fl  1.  The  Apostolic  Holiness  Union  was  organized 
at  the  home  of  Rev.  Martin  Wells  Knapp,  at  Cin¬ 
cinnati,  Ohio,  in  1897.  It  was  the  result  of  months 
of  deliberation,  counsel  and  prayer,  and  seemed  to 
its  founders  a  necessity  for  the  proper  preservation 
and  propagation  of  the  work  of  spreading  a  Full 
Gospel  to  all  the  world. 

2.  Especially  so,  since  there  was  a  growing 
tendency  in  the  so-called  Holiness  Movement  of 
America  to  rule  out  of  Camp-meetings,  Conventions, 
and  work  generally,  such  blessed  Bible  doctrines  as 
Divine  Healing,  the  Return  of  our  Lord  and  the 
Evangelization  of  the  World.  In  process  of  time  it 
became  increasingly  evident  that  God  was  calling  us 
as  a  Union  to  conserve  the  work  in  a  more  perma¬ 
nent  form  than  was  possible  in  a  merely  interde¬ 
nominational  Association.  Souls  were  converted  and 
filled  with  the  Holy  Spirit  under  our  ministry  and 
then,  because  left  to  the  hireling  ministry  of  a  de¬ 
cadent  ecclesiasticism,  they  wandered  away  and 
were  lost  to  the  Holiness  Movement  and  often,  to 
God  and  Heaven. 

3.  Therefore,  after  much  prayer  and  earnest 
counsel,  in  the  year  1905,  the  name  of  the  Associa- 

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tion,  as  above  stated,  was  changed  to  and  there¬ 
after  known  as  the  International  Apostolic  Holiness 
Union  and  Churches.  The  increased  blessing  of  God 
was  distinctly  manifested  upon  these  Societies  dur¬ 
ing  the  years  immediately  following,  until  at  the 
Biennial  Assembly  which  met  at  God’s  Bible  School, 
Cincinnati,  in  December  of  1913,  it  was  the  unani¬ 
mous  conviction  of  the  Ministers,  Missionaries, 
Deaconesses,  and  Delegates  present,  that  the 
“Union”  had  become  a  dead  letter  and  was  no 
longer  necessary.  This  conviction  was  the  more  pro¬ 
found,  inasmuch  as  two  of  the  Annual  Conventions 
had,  independently  one  of  the  other,  framed  resolu¬ 
tions  petitioning  the  Assembly  to  discontinue  the 
interdenominational  phase  of  this  Organization. 

4.  The  name,  however,  was  retained  as  the 
International  Apostolic  Holiness  Church  until  the 
quadrennial  Assembly,  which  was  held  at  God’s  Bible 
School,  November,  1919,  when  the  Holiness  Christian 
Church  united  with  us;  at  this  time  we  changed  the 
name  of  the  church  by  leaving  out  one  word  of  the 
name  of  each  of  these  churches,  thereby  giving  us 
the  name  we  now  have,  the  International  Holiness 
Church. 

§  1.  The  union  of  the  International  Apostolic  Holl 

ness  Church  and  the  Holiness  Christian  Church  was 

the  result  of  many  months  of  earnest  counsel  and 
prayer,  and  seemed  to  both  Organizations  a  necessity 

for  the  better  furtherance  of  the  Gospel. 

At  the  Quadrennial  Assembly  which  met  at  Cincin¬ 
nati,  Ohio,  in  November,  1919,  a  technicality  of  law 
seemed  to  be  the  only  barrier  to  the  union  of  the  two 
churches.  The  Holiness  Christian  representatives 
overcame  this  by  accepting  the  Manual  of  the  Inter- 


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national  Apostolic  Holiness  Church.  Thereupon,  the 
union  of  the  two  churches  was  unanimously  agreed  to. 

Chapter  II. 

REASONS  FOR  FORM  OF  GOVERNMENT. 

5.  From  the  highest  to  the  lowest  of  God’s 
creation  we  see  the  most  perfect  organization.  The 
stars  are  all  placed  in  order ;  the  sun  and  moon 
have  their  tabernacles ;  the  solar  system  is  a  display 
of  God’s  wonderful  arrangement.  When  we  turn  to 
God’s  dealings  directly  with  man  we  see  the  same 
carefulness  for  system  and  order.  Look  at  His 
government  of  the  children  of  Israel :  at  Sinai  laws 
are  given,  commandments  delivered,  and  specifica¬ 
tions  laid  out  with  the  most  positive  command  to 
“see  thou  makest  all  things  according  to  the  pattern 
shown  thee  in  the  mount.”  When  we  come  to  the 
works  of  Christ  and  His  Apostles,  we  observe  the 
same  care  for  a  simple  but  sufficient  form  of  Church 
government.  He  chose  His  twelve  Apostles,  gave 
them  proper  training,  and  gave  them  the  command¬ 
ments  concerning  the  kingdom,  “Go  ye,  therefore, 
and  teach  all  nations,  baptizing  them  in  the  name 
of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost; 
teaching  them  to  observe  all  things  whatsoever  I 
have  commanded  you,  and  lo,  I  am  with  you  alway, 
even  unto  the  end  of  the  age.”  (Matt.  28:20.) 

6.  The  Apostles  went  forth,  preaching  every¬ 
where,  and  the  people  were  converted  and  sanctified, 
forsook  not  the  assembling  of  themselves  together 


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as  the  manner  of  some  now,  but  formed  the  saved 
into  local  congregations,  and  called  them  Churches, 
and  ordained  elders  and  deacons,  and  always  left 
some  one  to  look  after  the  spiritual  and  temporal 
interest  of  the  Church.  The  fact  that  some  men 
have  lorded  it  over  God’s  heritage,  and  that  the 
Episcopal  form  of  government  is  a  heavy  yoke  upon 
many,  is  not  a  good  or  sufficient  reason  for  rejecting 
or  ignoring  a  simple  Scriptural  form  of  Church 
government.  God  has  had  a  true  people  all  down 
the  ages,  and  has  in  these  last  days  raised  up  the 
present  Holiness  Movement  to  bring  back  the  people 
to  Apostolic  power  and  practices.  Let  us  humbly 
follow  Christ,  our  great  Leader,  and  take  His  Word 
for  our  rule  of  faith  and  practice.  Amen. 


Government. 


7.  The  government  of  the  Church  of  Christ  is 
both  administrative  and  executive.  While  we  deplore 
and  would  studiously  avoid  the  cumbersome  eocle- 
siasticism  with  which  Protestantism  is  burdened,  we 
believe  in  a  simple  form  of  Church  government,  not 
for  making  of  laws,  but  for  the  administration  and 
execution  of  those  made  by  Christ  and  the  Apostles. 
Christ  is  our  great  Law-giver,  but  the  Church  is 
vested  with  power  to  execute  His  laws.  (1  Cor.  2 
and  9 ;  2  Cor.  18 :  10 ;  Matt.  18 :  15-17 ;  2  Thess.  3:6; 
Acts  13:1-3.) 


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Chapteb  III. 

OBJECT. 

ft  8.  The  International  Holiness  Church  is  com¬ 
posed  of  Societies  of  individuals  who  believe 
in  liberty  of  conscience  regarding  all  matters  that 
are  not  sinful,  and  that  the  preaching  of  a  Full 
Gospel  is  essential  to  Bible  Holiness  and  the  Evan¬ 
gelization  of  the  world,  as  exemplified  by  the  Apostles 
aud  the  primitive  Church.  Our  object  is: 

9.  First.  To  glorify  God  our  Father,  exalt 
Jesus  Christ  our  Savior,  and  to  honor  the  Holy 
Spirit. 

fl  10.  Second.  To  form  Local  Churches  as  the 
Lord  may  open  the  way. 

fi  11.  Third.  To  emphasize  Scriptural  repentance 
and  regeneration  for  sinners,  and  the  Baptism  with 
the  Holy  Ghost  and  Fire  for  believers ;  the  Return 
of  our  Lord ;  Divine  Healing ;  and  all  the  gifts  and 
graces  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

il  12.  Fourth.  To  carry  out  the  Great  Commis¬ 
sion  of  our  Heaven-ascended  Head  by  publishing  a 
Full  Gospel  to  every  nation. 

13.  Fifth.  To  conserve  the  Holiness  Work  by 
forming  Churches  and  aiding  in  placing  over  them 
Spirit-baptized  Pastors,  who  will  feed  the  Flock  or 
God ;  and  in  every  way  possible  help  to  get  souls 
ready  for  the  coming  of  the  Lord.  While  our  great 
and  primary  Object  is,  and  must  ever  be,  the  con¬ 
version  of  sinners  and  the  sanctification  of  believers, 
we  shall  aim  to  place  proper  emphasis  on  Divine 
Healing,  the  Pre-millennial  Coming  of  Christ,  the 
Evangelization  of  the  World  and  kindred  neglected 
themes. 


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Chapter  IV. 

GENERAL  STATEMENT  OF  BELIEF. 

.  Article  I. 

God. 

H  14.  There  is  but  one  living  and  true  God,i  ever¬ 
lasting,*  without  body  or  parts, 3  of  infinite  power,* 


(1)  Deut.  4:35,  39;  2  Sam.  7:22;  1  Kings  8: 
23,  60  ;  lea.  43  :  10,  11 ;  Mark  12  :  32  ;  Jno.  17  :  3  ;  1 
Cor.  8:4;  Eph.  4:6;  1  Tim.  2 :  5. 

(2)  Gen.  21:33;  Rom.  16:26. 

(3)  Jno.  4:24;  Luke  24:36;  Col.  1:16. 

(4)  Gen.  17:1;  Matt.  19:26;  Rev.  1:8;  19:6. 

wisdom  and  goodness ;  the  maker  and  preserver  of  all 
things, s  visible  and  invisible,  and  in  unity  with  this 
Godhead  there  are  three  persons  of  one  substance, 
power  and  eternity,  the  Father,  the  Son,  and  the 
Holy  Ghost.® 

Article  II. 

Jesus  Christ. 

H  15.  The  Son,  who  is  the  Word  of  the  Father 7 
the  very  and  eternal  God,  of  one  substance  with  the 
Father,  took  man’s  natures  in  the  womb  of  the 


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Blessed  Virgin,  so  that  two  whole  and  perfect 
natures,  that  is  to  say  the  Godhead  and  manhood, 
were  joined  together  in  one  person,  never  to  be  di¬ 
vided,  whereof  is  one  Christ,  very  God  and  very 
man,  who  truly  suffered,  was  crucified,  dead  and 
buried, 9  to  reconcile  His  Father  to  us,  and  to  be 
a  sacrifice, 10  not  only  for  original  guilt,  but  also  for 
the  actual  sins  of  man. 


(5) 

Jno.  1 : 3. 

(6) 

Col.  1 : 15  ;  1  Tim.  1 : 17  ;  1 

Jno.  3:2; 

(7) 

Jno.  1 : 1. 

(8) 

Jno.  1 : 14  ;  3:31. 

(9) 

1  Cor.  15:4-6. 

(10) 

Heb.  13  :  12  ;  11 :  9  ;  2  Cor. 

5: 18. 

fi  16.  Christ  did  truly  rise  again  from  the  dead 
and  took  again  His  body,i  with  all  things  appertain¬ 
ing  to  the  perfection  of  man’s  nature^  wherewith 
He  ascended  into  Heaven. 3  (Eph.  4:8.) 

Article  III. 

The  Holy  Ghost. 

17.  The  Holy  Ghost,  proceeding  from  the 
Father  and  the  Son,*  is  of  one  substance,  majesty 
and  glory,  with  the  Father  and  the  Son,  very  and 
eternal  God.s 


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Article  IV. 

The  Sufficiency  of  the # Holy  Scriptures  for 

Salvation. 

fl  18.  The  Holy  Scriptures  contain  all  things 
necessary  to  salvation,*  so  that  whatsoever  is  not 
read  therein  nor  may  be  proved  thereby  is  not  to 
be  required  of  any  man.  that  it  should  be  believed 
as  an  article  of  faith,  or  to  be  thought  requisite  or 
necessary  for  salvation.?  In  the  name  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures  we  do  understand  the  canonical  books  of 
the  Old  and  New  Testaments,  commonly  received 
and  known  as  the  Bible. 


(1) 

Matt. 

28  ;  6, 

7; 

Acts  1 : 

3 ;  Luke 

24  :  39-43. 

(2) 

Eph. 

4 : 

11-13;  1 

Jno.  3 : 

2,  3. 

(3) 

Acts 

1 

:9; 

Eph. 

1 :  2a; 

Eph. 

4 : 

8;  1 

Tim. 

3  : 16. 

(4) 

Jno. 

15 

:  26; 

Acts  2  :  33  ; 

Jno. 

16 

:  7. 

(5) 

1  Tim. 

3  :  16  ;  1 

Jno.  5  : 

7. 

(6) 

Jno. 

15 

:3; 

20  :  31 ;  Eph. 

5:6; 

2 

Tim. 

3  :  15. 

16.  17. 

(7) 

1  Tim. 

6  :  3. 

4. 

Article  V. 


Original  or  Birth  Sin. 

If  19.  Original  sin  standeth  not  in  the  following 
of  Adam,  but  it  is  the  corruption  of  the  nature  of 
every  man  that  naturally  is  engendered  of  the  off¬ 
spring  of  Adam,  whereby  man  is  very  far  gone  from 
original  righteousness,  and  of  his  own  nature  in¬ 
clined  to  evil,  and  that  continually.* 


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Article  VI 


Free  Will. 


ft  20.  The  condition  of  man,  since  the  fall  of 
•Vdam,'  is  such  that  he  cannot  turn  and  prepare 
limself  by  his  own  natural  strength  and  works  to 
faith  and  calling  upon  God.2  wherefore  we  have  no 
power  to  do  good  works.3  pleasant  and  acceptable 
to  God. 4  without  the  grace  of  God,  by  Christ,  as¬ 
sisting  us, 3  that  we  may  have  a  good  will  and  work 
within  us  when  we  have  that  good  will. 


Abticle  VII. 


The  Justification  of  Man. 


21.  We  are  accounted  righteous  before  God  on¬ 
ly  for  the  merit  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus 

(1)  Rom.  5:12,  14-21;  Rom.' 8:  6-8. 

(2)  Gen.  6:5;  Luke  16:15;  Heb.  11:6. 

(3)  Isa.  64:6;  Heb.  9:11,  12,  15. 

(4)  Jno.  4:27. 

(5)  1  Tim.  2  :  5. 

Christ,*  by  faith,2  and  not  for  our  own  works  or 
ieservings,3  wherefore  that  we  are  justified  by  faitb 
f>nly  is  a  most  wholesome  doctrine  and  very  full  of 


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Article  VIII. 

Sa.itotitica.tion. 

22.  Entire  sanctification  is  Christ’s  Baptism 
with  the  Holy  Spirit  ;1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  it  is  subsequent  to  regenera¬ 
tion  ;«  it  is  for  all  believers  ;*  it  is  an  instantaneous 
experience,  received  by  faith ;»  cleansing  the  heart 
of  the  recipient  from  all  sin,»  setting  him  apart 
and  enduing  him  with  power  for  the  successful  ac¬ 
complishment  of  all  to  which  he  is  called.10 


Article  IX. 

—  1 

Sin  after  Justification. 

fl  23.  Not  every  sin  wilfully  committed  after 
justification  is  the  sin  against  the  Holy  Spirit  and 
unpardonable,11  wherefore  the  grant  of  repentance 

(1)  Rom.  1:17;  3:26;  4:25. 

(2)  Gen.  15:6;  Rom.  3:28;  4:5;  5:1. 

(3)  Rom.  4:6;  5:11,  16;  Acts  13:39. 

(4)  Rom.  1 :  16  ;  5  :  1. 

(5)  1  Cor.  1:30;  1  Thess.  5:23;  Heb.  13:12; 

(6)  Jno.  17:17. 

(7)  Jno.  17:20;  1  Pet.  1:2;  Rom.  15:10. 

(8)  Acts  2:1-4. 

(9)  1  Jno.  1 :  9. 

(10)  Luke  24  :  49. 

(11)  Matt,  12:31,  32- 


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is  not  to  be  denied  to  such  as  fall  into  sin  after 
justification.!  After  we  have  received  the  Holy 
Ghost  we  may  depart  from  grace  given  and  fall  in¬ 
to  sin,  and  by  the  grace  of  God  rise  again  and  amend 
our  lives,  and  therefore  they  are  to  be  condemned 
who  say  they  can  no  more  sin  as  long  as  they  live 
here,  or  deny  the  place  of  forgiveness  to  such  as 
truly  repent.2 

Article  X. 

The  Church. 

If  24.  The  Ecclesia,  the  Church,  is  composed  of 
the  called-out  people  who  have  separated  themselves 
from  the  world  and  have  a  living  faith  in  Christ 
as  their  personal  Savior.3  Her  mission  is  the  pro¬ 
clamation  of  a  Full  Gospel  at  home  and  abroad, 4 
including  salvation  from  all  sin, 5  Divine  Healing.^ 
and  the  Pre-millennial  Coming  of  Jesus  Christ.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
Her  field  is  the  worlds 

(1)  _  Mai.  3:7;  Matt.  18:21,  22. 

(2)  Jno.  1:9. 

(3)  2  Cor.  6:17;  Rom.  32:2;  Gal.  1:4;  Jas. 
4  :4  ;  1  John  5  :19  ;  Heb.  11 :6. 

(4)  Acts  1 :  8. 

(5)  Heb.  7:25. 

(6)  Jas.  5:14-16;  Acts  4:10;  Matt.  10:8; 
Luke  9  :2  ;  10  :9. 

(7)  Matt.  25:6;  Rev.  19:7;  20:5,  6;  1  Thess. 
4:16,  17;  Acts  1:9-11. 

(8)  Mark  16:15;  13:38. 


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Article  XI. 


Speaking  in  the  Congregation  in  Such  a  Tongue 
as  the  People  Understand. 


fl  25.  It  is  a  thing  plainly  repugnant  to  the  Word 
of  God  and  the  jcustom  of  the  primitive  Church 
to  have  public  prayer  therein  or  to  administer  the 
sacraments  in  a  tongue  not  understood  by  the  people,  i 

26.  In  sanctification,  which  is  synonymous  to 
and  simultaneous  with  the  Baptism  of  the  Holy 
Ghost  and  Fire,2  we  hold  that  any  teaching  which 
gives  to  it  any  other  distinction  as  to  its  time,  or 
that  holds  to  any  particular  manifestation,  as  by 
the  Gift  of  Tongues,  so-called,  as  proof  of  this  Bap¬ 
tism,  is  opposed  to  'the  explicit  Word  of  God  3  and 
shall  not  be  tolerated  among  our  people. 


(1)  1  Cor.  14:  19;  14  :  1-40. 

(2)  Acts  15:8,  9;  1  Pet.  1:22. 

(3)  1  Cor.  14:1-40;  Rom.  8:9;  1  Cor.  1:30. 


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Article  XII. 

The  Sacraments. 

27.  Sacraments  ordained  of  Christ  are  not  on¬ 
ly  badges  or  tokens  of  Christian  men’s  profession, 
but  rather  they  are  certain  signs  of  grace  and  God’* 
good  will  toward  us,  by  the  which  He  doth  work 
invisibly  in  us,  and  doth  not  only  quicken,  but  als* 
strengthen  and  confirm  our  faith  in  Him.  Tht 
sacraments  were  not  ordained  of  Christ  to  be  gazed 
upon,  or  to  be  carried  about,  but  that  we  should 
duly  use  them,  and  in  such  only  as  worthily  receive 
the  same  they  have  a  wholesome  effect  or  operation ; 
but  they  that  receive  them  unworthily  purchase  un¬ 
to  themselves  condemnation,  as  St.  Paul  saith.*  (: 
Cor.  11:29.) 

Article  XIII. 

Baptism. 

ff  28.  Baptism  is  an  outward  sign  of  an  inward 
work  wrought  by  the  Holy  Ghost  in  the  soul.* 

As  to  the  mode,  let  every  one  be  fully  persuaded 
in  his  own  mind,  and  no  preacher  or  layman  shar 
insist  on  any  certain  mode.  The  baptism  of  chil 
dren  shall  be  retained  in  the  Church. 

(4)  1  Cor.  10:31,  32;  11:24,  29. 

(5)  Matt.  28:19;  Acts  2:38;  Col.  2:12;  Acta 
8  :  36-38  ;  16  :  33  ;  1  Pet.  3  :  21. 


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Article  XIV. 

The  Lord’s  Supper. 

fl  29.  The  Supper  of  the  Lord  is  an  ordinance 
whereby  the  body  and  blood  of  Christ  are  given,  taken, 
and  eaten  only  after  a  heavenly  and  spiritual  manner 
and  their  benefits  only  accrue  to  those  who,  with  a 
clear  conscience  partake  in  faith  of  the  material 
elements,  wine  and  bread.!  This  sacrament  repre¬ 
sents  our  redemption  through  Christ’s  blood  and  our 
spiritual  nourishment  through  His  body. 

Article  XV. 

O 

Healing. 

30.  We  believe  and  embrace  the  Scriptural  doc¬ 
trine  of  healing  for  the  body,  and  that  it  is  the 
privilege  of  every  child  of  God  to  be  healed  in  answer 
to  the  prayer  of  faith,  according  to  Mark  17 :  17,  18, 
James  5:14,  15 ;  yet  we  are  not  to  sever  our  fellow¬ 
ship  from,  or  pass  judgment  upon  those  who  use  other 
providential  means  for  the  restoration  of  health. 2 

Article  XVI. 

The  Return  of  Jesus. 

31.  We  believe  that  the  coming  of  our  Lord  is 
to  be  personal  and  pre-millennial,  also  that  it  is 
imminent.1 2 3  We  must  distinguish  between  the  rapture 

(1)  1  Pet.  3:21;  Rom.  14:23  (last  clause)  ;  Rom. 
14 :  13. 

(2)  Jas.  5:16;  Acts  4:10;  Matt.  10:8;  Luke 
9:2;  10:9;  Mark  16:15-18;  1  Cor.  12:9,  28;  Acts 
4:14;  Jno.  9  :  1-34. 

(3)  Acts  1:9-11;  1  Thess.  4:14-17;  Matt.  24:27; 
25:13;  26:29;  Rev.  22  :  12. 


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— His  coming  in  the  air  to  receive  His  saints,  which 
may  occur  at  any  moment,  after  that  the  Gospel  has 
been  preached  as  a  witness  to  the  whole  world,  (Matt. 
24:  14) — and  the  revelation,  His  coming  down  to  the 
earth  with  His  saints, i  which  latter  will  not  occur 
until  after  the  gathering  of  Israel,1 2 3 4  the  manifestation 
of  Antichrist,  and  other  prophesied  events. 3 


Article  XVII. 

Destiny.  • 

f]  32.  Every  one  that  has  a  saving  knowledge  of 
Jesus  Christ,  our  Lord,  will  share  the  eternal  glories 
of  His  everlasting  kingdom,  the  fuller  rewards  and 
the  greater  glories  being  reserved  until  the  final 
judgment. Y\’hile  the  saint  goes  from  the  judgment 
to  enjoy  eternal  bliss.5 6  the  impenitent  sinner  is  turned 
away  into  everlasting  condemnation,  punishment  and 

misery. 6 


(1)  1  Thess.  4:14-17;  Kev.  20:4. 

(2)  Ezek.  36:24;  37:21. 

(3)  2  Thess.  2:8-10;  Rev.  19:20. 

(4)  2  Cor.  5:10. 

(5)  Rev.  20:12,  13;  Matt  25:46;  2  Cor.  5:10. 

(6)  Matt.  25:46;  Luke  13:3;  Rev.  14:10,  11;  20  :15. 


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Chapter  V. 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY. 

*  -  1 

,  ******  ~  I 

1]  33.  There  shall  be  a  General  Assembly,  com¬ 
posed  of  all  the  members  of  tihe  General  Council,  the 
General  Missionary  Board,  District  Superintendents,  ; 
Assistant  District  Superintendents,  District  Secreta¬ 
ries,  and  a  Ministerial  Delegation  selected  at  the  ratio  \ 
of  one  to  five  from  all  ordained  and  licensed  ministers  ; 
and  deaconesses,  the  same  to  be  chosen  from  those 

Actively  and  regularly  engaged  in  the  work,  the  selec¬ 
tion  to  be  made  at  the  District  Assemblies  immedi- 

3 

ately  preceding  the  General  Assembly.  Also,  a  lay 
Delegation  selected  from  the  Local  churches  of  each 
District  at  the  ratio  of  one  to  every  three  hundred 
members,  or  fractional  part  thereof,  no  District  to 
have  less  than  one  Delegate. 

The  Lay  Delegates  shall  be  elected  at  the  District 
Assemblies  immediately  preceding  the  General  Assem-  1 
biy. 

fl  34.  The  General  Assembly  shall  meet  quadren-  * 
nially  in  the  afternoon  of  the  third  Tuesday  of  No-  ^ 
vember,  at  such  place  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  Gen¬ 
eral  Assembly.  In  case  there  be  need  of  a  Special  - 

Session  of  the  General  Assembly  between  regular  Ses¬ 
sions,  the  General  Superintendent,  with  the  advice 


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and  consent  of  the  General  Council,  may  call  such  a 
meeting.  Three-fourths  of  the  General  Council  must 
sanction  the  call. 

No  Special  Session  of  the  General  Assembly  shall 
interfere  with  the  meeting  of  the  regular  Sessions. 

The  General  Superintendent  shall  state  in  the  call 
the  purpose  for  the  Special  meeting  of  the  General 
Assembly,  and  the  deliberations  of  that  body  shall  be 
confined  to  that  purpose.  All  other  matters  what¬ 
soever  shall  be  reserved  for  the  regular  Sessions  of 
the  General  Assembly. 

ft  35.  §  1.  Its  purpose  shall  be:  To  elect  the 

members  of  the  General  Council  as  hereinafter  pro¬ 
vided  (Par.  45),  and  to  report  the  spiritual,  financial, 
numerical  and  educational  condition  of  our  Churches ; 
to  prayerful] y  consider  plans  for  the  future  which 
will  lead  to  progressive  movements  along  all  lines ; 
to  enquire  if  our  Ministers  are  full  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
and  faith  and  are  continuing  in  the  precepts  and 
practices  of  the  Apostles,  as  well  as  whether  our  lay¬ 
men  are  enjoying  the  rich  experiences  of  full  sal¬ 
vation  or  are  earnestly  in  pursuit  of  the  same. 

§  2.  Furthermore,  the  General  Assembly  shall  as¬ 
certain  if  the  regulations  concerning  the  Ministry. 
Deaconesses,  the  Course  of  Study,  our  Financial 
System,  and  the  organization  and  establishment  of 
local  Churches  and  Sunday  Schools,  are  in  constant 
and  effective  operation. 


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§  3.  Let  it  ask  regarding  the  condition  and  progress 
of  Sunday  Schools  and  of  Deaconess  Work,  and  let 
it  listen  for  the  voice  of  the  watchman  crying,  “What 
of  the  night?”  as  the  sound  thereof  reverberates 
across  the  seas  from  lands  of  missionary  enterprise. 

§  4.  Let  it  investigate  the  needs  of  all  possible 
fields  both  at  home  and  abroad  and  enquire  as  to  the 
acceptance  among  our  people  of  those  doctrines 
peculiar  to  us,  of  Divine  Healing  and  the  Second 
Coming  of  Christ. 

ff  36.  All  changes  of  or  additions  to  this  Manual 
shall  be  made  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  General 
Assembly,  the  same  having  been  presented  in  writing 
and  having  the  sanction  of  the  General  Council. 

Chapter  VI. 

GENERAL  COUNCIL. 

37.  There  shall  be  a  General  Council  of  nine 
persons  of  honest  report,  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost  and 
wisdom,  consisting  of  the  General  Superintendent, 
two  Assistant  General  Superintendents.  Secretary, 
Treasurer,  and  five  other  Advisory  Members  of  the 
Council;  said  Council  settling  all  questions  within 
its  jurisdiction  by  a  three-fourths  vote. 

38.  Among  matters  referred  to  it  shall  be  the 
counsel  of  Local  Churches,  Pastors  and  other  workers, 
such  as  Officers  of  the  District  Organizations  and  of 
the  Missionary  Board.  Whenever  possible  they  shall 
be  called  upon  for  the  organization  of  newr -Churches 
and  for  assistance  in  the  conduct  of  District  Assem¬ 


blies. 


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ff  39.  The  General  Council  shall  have  supervision 
over  the  boundaries  of  all  District  Organizations,  but 
from  its  decisions  in  these  cases,  as  in  all  others, 
appeal  may  be  made  to  the  General  Assembly. 

fi  40.  It  shall  also  elect  a  Missionary  Board  of 
seven  persons,  all  of  whom  shall  be  members  of  the 
International  Holiness  Church,  and  who  shall  con¬ 
tinue  in  office  until  their  successors  are  elected. 

fl  41.  The  General  Superintendent,  or  one  of  the 
Assistants,  shall  preside  at  the  General  Assembly 
and  at  all  Council  Meetings,  and  shall  have  chief 
oversight  of  the  Churches.  The  General  Superintend¬ 
ent,  or  one  of  his  Assistants,  shall  attend  each  District 
Annual  Assembly  and  may  preside  over  the  same. 
Said  Assembly  shall  take  a  freewill  offering  for  him. 
He  and  his  Assistants  shall  direct  the  establishment  of 

Churches  and  the  affiliation  of  ministers  in  territory 
outside  the  bounds  of  regular  District  Organizations. 

'[  42.  The  General  Secretary  shall  keep  correct 
records  of  the  proceedings  of  the  General  Council  and 
General  Assembly  and  perform  the  necessary  duties 
pertaining  to  his  office. 

43.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  all  offerings 
made  for  the  expenses  of  the  General  Council,  keep 
a  correct  account  of  the  same,  and  disburse  them 
mid*  r  the  direction  thereof,  reporting  when  requested. 
Special  offerings,  such  as  Assembly  offerings,  may 
be  received  and  disbursed  by  the  Chairman,  but 
the  amount  must  be  reported  by  him  to  the  Treasurer. 

H  44.  The  Council  shall  be  called  together  at  the 
direction  of  the  General  Superintendent.  Six  members 
shall  constitute  a  quorum. 


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U  45.  The  General  Council  shall  be  elected  by  ballot 
at  every  General  Assembly,  and  shall  serve  throughout 
the  succeeding  quadrennium  and  all  the  sessions  of 
the  Assembly  following. 

Chapter  VII. 

DISTRICT  ASSEMBLIES. 

U  46.  In  every  organized  District  there  shall  be  a 
District  Assembly  which  shall  meet  annually  and 

shall  consist  of  the  District  Council,  all  Licensed  and 
Ordained  Ministers  and  Deaconesses  and  Lay  Dele¬ 
gates  who  may  be  present,  whose  affiliation  is  with 

that  particular  District  Organization.  The  General 
Superintendent,  or  one  of  his  Assistants,  may  act  as 

Chairman,  but  ordinarily,  the  Chairman  shall  be  the 
District  Superintendent,  or  his  Assistant.  Other  In¬ 
ternational  Holiness  Ministers.  Deaconesses  and  Lay¬ 
men,  may  be  permitted  to  join  in  the  deliberations, 
and  to  have  a  vote,  by  special  permission  of  the 
Assembly. 

fl  47.  The  duties  of  the  District  Assembly  shall  be, 
in  part,  as  follows :  to  enquire  into  and  hear  written 
reports  concerning  the  condition  of  every  Local 
Church  within  Its  bounds,  said  reports  to  cover, 
among  other  items,  their  spiritual,  numerical,  finan¬ 
cial  and  progressive  standing;  to  ask  concerning  each 
Sunday  School,  first,  as  to  whether  one  is  carried  on 
in  connection  with  every  Church ;  second,  as  to  its 
general  condition ;  third,  as  to  its  offerings  to  Missions, 
Home  and  Foreign ;  and  fourth,  as  to  the  spiritual  and 
mental  abilities  of  its  teachers ;  to  read  the  reports 
from  each  Minister  including  the  District  Superintend¬ 
ent  ;  to  wait  on  God  for  His  guidance  into  the  paths 
leading  to  successful  labor  for  the  future. 


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48.  It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  the  District  As¬ 
sembly  to  act  upon  all  applications  for  License  to 
Preach  (Par.  148)  and  Ordination  (Par.  150),  to  the 
Ministry  and  to  Deaconess  Work.  (Par.  190.)  It 
shall  cause  to  be  elected  along  with  the  other  Officers 
the  District  Examining  Board  (Par.  107),  the  For 
eign  Missionary  Board,  where  there  is  one,  and  such 
other  Officers  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  on  the 
work  for  the  best  interests  of  God’s  Kingdom. 

U  49.  Each  District  Assembly  should  list  their  Min¬ 
isters  in  their  Minutes  annually,  according  to  their 
work,  designating  whether  engaged  as  pastor,  evan¬ 
gelist,  teacher,  or  other  accredited  work.  Said  Min¬ 
utes  thus  arranged  in  order  that  Clergy  Bureaus  may 
be  guided  in  issuing  Clergy  Certificates. 

50.  Let  such  questions  as  the  following  be  asked 
and  receive  definite  answers : 

$  1.  What  amounts  have  been  raised  within  the 
District  during  the  past  year  for  Home  and  Foreign 
Missions? 

§  2.  What  are  the  total  amounts  paid  for  pastoral 
support? 

§  3.  How  much  has  been  received  by  the  District 
Treasurer,  and  how  has  it  been  applied? 

§  4.  How  many  persons,  as  far  as  can  be  ascer¬ 
tained,  have  been  saved  or  sanctified,  through  the 
instrumentality  of  our  Churches  and  preachers,  dur¬ 
ing  the  past  year? 

§  5.  What  is  the  number  of  Organized  Churches 
with  their  total  membership,  within  the  bounds  of 
our  Organization? 

§  6.  How  many  Churches  have  been  organized 
and  how  many  members  have  been  added,  since  we 
last  met? 


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$  7.  How  many  persons  are  pursuing  the  Course  of 
Study,  what  is  their  standing,  and  in  what  year  are 
they  located? 

§  8.  Are  there  any  persons  to  bet  licensed  or 
ordained,  and  have  the  provisions  of  our  Manual 
concerning  their  recommendation  been  fulfilled?  (Par. 
150.) 

$  9.  What  shall  be  the  time  and  place  of  the  next 
District  Assembly? 

$  10.  Finally,  is  there  evidence  that  we  are  con¬ 
tinuing  in  Apostolic  purity  and  power,  that  our  Minis¬ 
ters  are  soul-winners,  and  that  we  are  actually  living 
in  hourly  expectancy  of  the  Lord's  Coming? 

IT  51,  Any  desired  changes  in  government,  or  in 
the  Manual,  should  be  formulated  in  resolutions  and 
sent  up  by  Committee  to  the  ensuing  General  Assembly. 

Chapter  VIII. 

DISTRICT  COUNCILS. 

fl  52.  Each  District  Organization  shall  have  a  Coun¬ 
cil  of  not  less  than  seven  members  which  shall  be 
elected  at  the  Annual  Assembly  and  shall  serve 
through  the  succeeding  year  and  Assembly. 

fl  53.  This  Council  shall  consist  of  a  District  Super¬ 
intendent  and  his  Assistant,  a  Secretary,  Treasurer, 
and  three  Advisory  Members. 

II 54.  The  duties  of  the  Council  within  the  Dis¬ 
trict  shall  be  similar  to  the  duties  of  the  General 
Council  over  the  whole  Church,  except  that  ita  over¬ 
sight  shall  be  more  particular  with  reference  to  the 
individual  Churches,  Ministers,  Deaconesses  and 
Licentiates  within  it*  jurisdiction. 


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fl  55.  §  1.  It  shall  encourage  the  licensing  of 

Spirit-filled  and  gifted  young  men  to  the  Ministry 
(If  145). 

§  2.  It  shall  act  upon  the  Recommendations  of  the 
District  Assembly  as  to  licensing  -and  ordaining  Can¬ 
didates  to  the  Mindstry  and  to  Deaconess  Work,  and  it 
shall  provide  for  an  examination  of  the  Licentiate  in 
his  doctrine,  practice,  personal  religious  experience, 
success  in  soul-winning,  ability  to  feed  the  Flock  of 
Christ,  a«  a  Pastor,  and  as  to  whether  any  objections 
might  arise  from  his  personal,  family  and  business 
life. 

$  3.  It  shall  appoint  five  Ordained  Ministers  who 
shall  set  apart  the  Licentiate,  when  he  has  been 
recommended  by  the  Assembly,  for  the  Work  of  the 
Ministry  or  for  Deaconess  Work. 

If  56.  It  is  advised  further,  that  wherever  practi¬ 
cable,  the  Council  shall  cause  the  District  to  be  divided 
for  the  purpose  of  holding  Quarterly  Meetings,  and 
shall  cause  to  be  united  contiguous  preaching  points 
into  Circuits,  under  the  charge  of  competent  Pastors. 

Tf  57.  The  Council  shall  assist  in  planning  the  work 

of  the  District  Superintendent,  and  shall  also  lend  its 
advice  to  Local  Societies,  in  the  various  problems 
which  arise  from  their  financial  and  spiritual  necessi¬ 
ties.  It  is  its  duty,  likewise,  to  aid  the  Pastors  in 
securing  an  adequate  support  for  the  District  Superin¬ 
tendent. 

if  58.  The  District  Superintendent  should  be  a  man 
full  of  faith,  wisdom  and  spiritual  power,  and  of 
executive  ability,  with  resolute  courage  and  patient 
perseverance. 


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59,  He,  or  liis  Assistant,  shall  preside  at  the 
Annual  Assembly  (except  that  the  General  Superin¬ 
tendent  or  one  of  his  Assistants  may  preside),  and 
shall  have  a  general  oversight  of  the  work  through¬ 
out  his  territory.  Where  Quarterly  Meetings  are  held, 
one  of  these  two  shall  be  the  Presiding  Officer. 

60,  $  1.  The  District  Superintendent,  in  connec¬ 
tion  with  the  Secretary,  shall  renew  the  Licenses  of 
the  Candidates  who  are  pursuing  the  Course  of  Study, 
if  recommended  to  do  so  by  the  District  Assembly. 

§  2.  He  shall  also  cause  to  be  sent  out  the  Quarter¬ 
ly  Report  Blanks,  and  when  they  are  returned  he 
shall  summarize  their  contents  for  the  General  Super¬ 
intendent.  With  the  Blanks  for  the  Second  Quarter 
he  shall  mail  the  Blank  required  for  the  recommen¬ 
dation  of  Pastors,  deaconesses  and  other  ministers  by 
the  Local  Advisory  Board,  and  shall,  after  receiving 
the  Third  Quarterly  Report  from  said  Pastors,  Dea¬ 
conesses  anfl  other  Ministers,  together  with  their 
Recommendations,  endorse  their  names  to  the  General 
Superintendent  and  Secretary,  for  renewal  of  Papers 
for  the  forthcoming  year.  (For  duties  in  connection 
with  the  supplying  of, Churches  with  Pastors,  and  the 
recommendation  of  Ministers,  Deaconesses  and  Licen¬ 
tiates,  removing  to  another  District,  see  155-100. 

61,  §  1.  His  duty  shall  also  extend  to  the  careful 
investigation  of  the  support  of  Pastors  and  other 
workers,  and  to  such  other  matters  as  may  tend  to 
increase  the  usefulness  and  spirituality  of  the  Church. 

§  2.  To  this  end,  he  or  his  Assistant,  shall,  without 
fail,  visit  each  Church  within  the  District,  at  least 
once  a  year  and  the  reports  there  received  shall  be 
carefully  preserved  and  filed  in  his  office  for  future 
reference. 


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$  3.  He  shall  also  at  this  Meeting,  make  the  en¬ 
quiries  prescribed  by  our  Manual  01121). 

ff  62.  The  District  Secretary  shall  keep  a  correct 
record  of  the  District  Assembly  and  of  all  other 
meetings  of  the  District  Council  and  shall  perform  the 
other  necessary  duties  devolving  upon  him. 

if  63.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  all  offerings  made 
for  the  expenses  of  the  District  Council,  keep  a  cor¬ 
rect  account  of  the  same  and  disburse  them  under  the 
direction  thereof,  reporting  when  so  requested. 

if  64.  The  District  Council  shall  be  called  together 
by  the  Chairman  and  five  members  may  constitute  a 
quorum. 

Chapter  IX. 

LOCAL  CHURCHES. 

if *65.  From  the  very  earliest  times,  God  has 
ordained  that  there  should  be  societies  and  families 
among  His  creatures.  At  the  beginning  it  was  said, 
“It  is  not  good  for  man  to  be  alone,”  and  the  Jewish 
Church  became  representative  of  the  banding  to¬ 
gether  of  God’s  people,  under  the  old  dispensation. 
With  the  coming  of  the  Savior,  the  establishment  of 
His  Church  and  the  descent  of  the  Holy  Spirit  at 
Pentecost,  a  new  and  broader  field  was  spread  out 
for  the  operations  ,of  God's  children  in  uniting  to¬ 
gether  for  mutual  helpfulness,  worship  and  service, 
and  for  the  evangelization  of  the  world.  While  we 
hold  that  the  invisible  Church  is  made  up  of  its  mili¬ 
tant  and  triumphant  branches  from  every  clime  and 
every  creed,  and  that  every  believer  in  Jesus  is  a 
member  thereof,  we  regard  the  visible  Church,  as  a 
congregation  of  regenerated  persons,  having  the  form 


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of  godliness  and  seeking  the  highest  possible  spiritual 
attainments,  as  well  as  the  most  successful  means 
for  the  salvation  of  souls  and  the  uplifting  of  humanity 
in  general. 

Method  of  Organization. 

fl  66.  Wherever  there  are  at  least  seven  persons 
who  will  collectively  and  individually  pledge  them¬ 
selves  to  take  the  Word  of  God  as  the  only  and  suffi¬ 
cient  rule,  both  of  their  faith  and  practice,  and  to  fol 
low  the  system  of  doctrines  and  government  laid 
down  in  this  Manual,  they  may  form  a  Local  Interna¬ 
tional  Holiness  Church. 

67.  They  shall  do  this  by  meeting  together  and 
sending  for  any  Ordained  Minister  in  regular  standing 
in  the  International!  Holiness  phurcli,  pre¬ 
ferably  the  General  or  District  Superintendent  or  an 
other  member  of  the  General  or  District  Council,  who 
shall  act,  as  temporary  Chairman  of  the  Meeting  until 
the  organization  is  perfected. 

68.  If  it  be  impossible  to  secure  an  Ordanied 
Minister,  after  consultation  with  the  General  Super¬ 
intendent,  a  Licensed  Minister,  or  any  other  person 
authorized  by  him,  may  take  charge. 

69.  This  organization  shall  be  accomplished  as 
follows : 

$  1.  The  Chairman,  after  the  usual  preliminaries, 
and  after  earnestly  seeking  the  blessing  of  the  Triune 
God  shall  cause  to  be  read. 

Our  Object. 

$  2.  First.  To  glorify  God  our  Father,  exalt  Jesus 
Christ  our  Savior,  and  to  honor  the  Holy  Spirit,  our 
Sanctifier. 


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$  3.  Second.  To  hasten  the  Coming  of  Christ,  by 
calling  sinners  to  repentance  and  believers  to  holiness, 
and  to  build  up  a  strong  body  of  individuals  in  the 
likeness  and  character  of  CHRIST,  also  to  publish 
a  Full  Gospel  to  the  ends  of  the  world,  as  well  aa 
to  exercise  an  influence  against  every  wrong  in  our 
moral,  social  and  political  life. 

$  4.  Third.  To  place  a  tender  care  over  the  chil¬ 
dren  and  young  people  of  out  members  and  com¬ 
munities,  early  leading  them  to  the  Savior  and  ever 
guiding  them  in  the  sacred  paths  of  Scriptural  knowl¬ 
edge  and  experience. 

Govebnment. 

$  5.  The  Government  of  this  Church  shall  be  vested 
in  a  Board,  known  as  the  Advisory  Board,  which  shall 
consist  of  the  Pastor,  Asst.  Pastor,  Clerk,  Treasurer, 
Sunday  School  Superintendent,  and  not  more  than  five 
Elders  and  five  Deacons.  If  thm'e  be  no  men  compe¬ 
tent  to  hold  the  office  of  Deacon,  women  may  be 
elected  thereto  and  known  as  Deaconesses,  whose 
duties  shall  be  the  same  as  those  of  the  Deacon. 

With  the  exception  of  the  Pastor  and  Assistant 
Pastor,  Ordained  and  Licensed  Ministers  and  Deacon¬ 
esses  shall  have  no  place  on  the  Advisory  Board, 
unless  elected  thereto  under  offices  named  above. 

The  Clerk,  Treasurer,  Sunday  School  Superintend¬ 
ent,  Deacons,  and  Elders,  shall  be  members  of  the 
Local  Church  they  have  been  elected  to  serve.  -The 
Advisory  Board  shall  be  elected  by  the  Church  at  its 
Annual  Meeting  0[117). 

$  6.  The  Clerk,  Treasurer,  Deacons,  and  Elders  shall 
be  elected  at  each  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Church,  and 
shall  enter  upon  their  duties  at  once,  and  hold  office 
until  their  successors  are  elected,  or  removed,  as 


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provided  hereafter.  Vacancies  in  the  offices  of  Clerk, 
Treasurer,  Deacons,  and  Elders,  may  be  filled  for 
the  balance  of  the  year,  at  any  regular  Meeting  of  the 
Advisory  Board,  one  month’s  notice  having  been  given. 
All  other  vacancies  may  be  filled  at  the  pleasure  of 
the  Board. 

§  7.  All  persons  holding  office  should  be  known 
for  their  piety,  sanctified  character  and  ability  for 
the  particular  work  to  which  the  Church  calls  them. 
They  should  give  satisfactory  evidence  of  love  for 
souls  and  the  determination  to  be  useful  to  their 
fellowmen. 

$  8.  When  properly  elected,  the  Pastor,  Assistant 
Pastor,  Clerk,  Treasurer,  Sunday  School  Superintend¬ 
ent,  and  not  more  than  five  Elders  and  five  Deacons 
or  Deaconesses,  shall  be  the  Officers  of  the  Church. 
Let  all  the  Officers  carefully  instruct  themselves  in 
their  respective  duties  from  the  pages  of  our  Manual. 

$  9.  Then  shall  be  read  the  Articles  of  Religion 
(HI  14-32). 

$  10.  Then  shall  the  Chairman  say,  “All  persons 
giving  satisfactory  evidence  of  regeneration  by  having 
forsaken  .and  renounced  the  world,  the  flesh  and  the 
devil,  and  by  living  a  consistent  Christian  life  and 
who  desire  to  become  a  part  of  this  International 
Holiness  Church  shall  affirmatively  answer  the  follow-  j 
ing  questions:” 

$  11.  (Here  let  all  the  candidates  come  to  the 

front  and  each  distinctly  answer  for  himself  or  herself 
the  questions  found  under  “Reception  of  Members,” 

Then  shall  the  Church  Covenant  be  read  and  entered 
upon  as  provided  in  H  95,  etc. ) 

§  12.  After  this  shall  take  place  the  election  of 
Officers  to  serve  for  the  balance  of  the  year,  until  the 
time  specified  (H 117,  $1). 


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§  13.  The  Officers  to  be  elected  at  this  Meeting 
shall  be  as  follows:  The  Clerk,  Treasurer,  and  not 
more  than  five  Elders  and  five  Deacons,  all  of  whom 
shall  be  in  the  experience  of  sanctification. 

$  14.  Steps  shall  also  be  taken  toward  securing 
the  service  of  a  Pastor  and  placing  the  Church  upon  a 
sound  financial  basis. 

ft  70.  The  Sunday  School  shall  be  organized 
according  to  the  advices  given  in  the  Manual  under 
the  subject  “Sunday  School,”  (If  125,  etc.) 

71.  No  Pastor  shall  be  called  or  retained  who 
does  not  give  evidence  of  the  sanctified  life  and  who 
does  not  preach  and  teach  our  cardinal  doctrines  as 
set  forth  in  the  Articles  of  Religion  and  the  Cove¬ 
nant. 

72.  No  Advisory  Board  shall  call  a  Minister 
from  outside  the  bounds  of  the  District  Organization  in 
which  it  is  located,  without  previous  consultation 
with  the  District  Superintendent ;  nor  shall  it  call 
such  a  Minister  over  the  protest  of  the  Superintendent, 
together  with  two  other  members  of  the  District  Ad¬ 
visory  Board. 

73.  Each  Local  Church  shall  consult  with  the 
District  Superintendent  in  the  choosing  of  its  Pastor, 
and  if  a  Church  remain  without  a  Pastor  for  three 
months  or  less,  according  to  the  discretion  of  the 
District  Superintendent,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
said  Superintendent,  to  supply  said  Church  with  a 
Pastor  subject  to  the  approval  of  its  Advisory  Board, 
after  due  time  of  trial. 

jf  74.  At  the  District  Superintendent’s  Meeting,  or, 
in  case  the  Superintendent  or  his  Assistant  fails  to 
hold  such  a  meeting,  at  a  Meeting  called  especially 
for  the  purpose,  a  Lay  Delegate  shall  be  elected  by 


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the  Church,  to  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  District 
Assembly.  An  Alternate  also  shall  be  named,  who 
shall  fill  the  regular  Delegate’s  place,  providing  he  is 
unable  to  be  present  at  the  Assembly.  The  Delegate 
shall  receive  a  paper  signed  by  the  Pastor  and  Clerk, 
certifying  to  his  appointment. 

fl  75.  The  Pastor  shall  be  chosen  by  not  less  than  a 
three-fourths’  vote  of  all  the  members  of  the  Advisory 
Board.  A  majority  vote  of  the  Board  shall  be  sufficient 
to  dismiss  him.  He  may  be  continued  in  office  so 
long  as  both  parties  are  agreed  to  the  relation,  but 
it  may  be  dissolved  at  the  option  of  either  by  giving 
two  months’  notice,  or  otherwise,  by  mutual  consent. 

1}  76,  §  1.  His  special  duties  are,  to  faithfully 
preach  a  Full  Gospel  as  contained  in  the  Word  of 
God,  to  administer  the  sacraments,  exercise  pastoral 
oversight,  and  have  the  general  guidance,  under  the 
Holy  Spirit,  of  the  religious  services,  and  care  for  the 
interests  of  the  congregation. 

§  2.  He  shall  preside  at  all  the  business  meetings 
of  the  Church,  Advisory  Board  and  Sunday  School 
Board ;  except  as  provided  hereafter. 

$  3.  He  shall  carefully  fulfil  all  other  obligations 
laid  upon  him  by  this  Manual,  in  his  relations  to  the 
District  Organization,  the  General  Council  and  in  ev¬ 
ery  other  regard  whatsoever. 

77.  Assistant  Pastor.  He  shall  co-operate  with 
and  assist  the  Pastor,  and  shall  be  called  and  released 
in  the  same  manner  as  the  Pastor. 

78.  Sunday  School  Superintendent.  His  duties 
shall  be  those  usually  incident  to  this  Office  and  he 
shall  carry  out  the  instructions  of  the  Manual  as  to 
the  management  and  work  of  the  Sunday  School. 


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fi  79.  Clerk.  He  shall  record  all  proceedings  and 
decisions  in  Church  meetings  and  Advisory  Board 
meetings ;  shall  make  true  entries  of  the  same  in  a 
journal  kept  for  that  purpose ;  shall  keep  a  record  of 
all  members ;  shall  record  all  transfers  of  member¬ 
ship  ;  record  all  baptisms,  and  have  the  custody  of  all 
record-books  of  all  departments  of  the  Church  after 
such  books  are  full  or  in  disuse. 

"'fl  80.  Treasurer.  He  shall  have  the  custody  of  the 
finances  of  the  Church,  and  make  disbursements  as 
directed  by  the  Advisory  Board;  shall  keep  accurate 
books  of  account ;  shall  sign  all  checks  given  by  the 
Church,  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  are 
usually  incidental  to  the  office.  Money  raised  for 
special  objects  may  be  received  and  disbursed  by 
special  committees,  providing  the  Advisory  Board  so 
directs. 

H  81.  Deacons.  They  shall  aid  the  Pastor  in  receiv¬ 
ing  offerings,  preparing  for  the  sacraments,  relieving 
the  poor  and  sick,  looking  after  the  widows  and 
orphans,  and  seek  to  aid  the  needy  generally. 

T1  82.  Elders.  They  shall  give  special  attention  to 
the  spiritual  interests  of  all  members  of  the  Church, 
and  should  feel  the  responsibility  of  the  oversight 
of  the  flock  with  the  Pastor.  They  should  be  careful 
to  deal  with  offenders,  according  to  Matt.  18 : 15, 
16,  17. 

Tf  83.  Advisory  Board.  The  duties  of  the  Advisory 
Board  shall  be  as  follows : 

§  1.  To  provide  a  place  of  worship ;  to  engage 
Pastor  and  Assistant  Pastor,  and  to  make  all  changes 
in  Pastors,  and  to  supply  the  pulpit  when  without  a 
regular  pastor ;  to  collect  all  finances,  and  to  disburse 
the  same;  to  examine  candidates  for  membership,  and 


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pass  on  them,;  to  provide  class-meetings,  and  appoint 
leaders ;  to  attend  to  all  matters  pertaining  to  the 
government  and  interests  of  the  church  ;  to  have  charge 
of  all  church  property,  and  to  attend  to  all  legal 
matters.  ^ 

$  2.  The  Board  shall  not  permit  fairs,  festivals, 
dramatic  exercises,,  or  so-called  sociables,  or  any¬ 
thing  of  like  nature  to  be  held  in  connection  with  the 
Church  or  any  department  of  its  workings. 

Special  Advices. 

IT  84.  If  at  any  time  the  Advisory  Board  should 
feel  the  need  of  counsel,  or  difficulty  should  arise  in 
which  it  feels  incompetent  to  reach  the  best  conclus¬ 
ions,  it  may  refer  the  same  to  the  District  Council.  If 
the  latter  shall  feel  the  need  of  assistance,  it  may 
turn  for  it  to  the  General  Council. 

W  85.  Since  the  Scriptures  so  plainly  teach  us  that 
he  who  preaches  the  Gospel  shall  live  by  the  Gospel, 
and  that  it  is  the-  duty  of  the  Pastor  to  feed  the  Flock 
of  God,  over  which  the  Holy  Spirit  has  appointed 
him,  and  knowing  that  he  cannot  be  at  his  best  in 
so  doing  unless  he  devotes  his  whole  time  to  it,  we 
therefore  emphasize  the  support  of  the  Pastor  as  an 
imperative  duty  of  the  Church. 

fi  86.  Let  each  Pastor  strongly  urge  his  members 
to  tithe  their  income  into  the  Treasury  of  the  Local 
Church,  that  all  expenses  may  be  paid  therefrom. 
We  further  urge  that  the  needs  of  the  Pastor  re¬ 
ceive  first  consideration. 

H  87.  All  our  Ministers,  Missionaries,  and  Deacon¬ 
esses  are  strongly  urged  to  tithe  their  income,  and 
that  they  forward  at  least  twenty  per  cent  of  their 
tithe  to  the  General  Treasurer  of  our  church,  tlm 


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same  to  be  held  as  a  special  fund  for  the  purpose 
of  meeting  the  needs  of  the  General  Superintendent 
and  bis  Assistants  as  they  serve  the  church  in  their 
official  capacity,  as  may  be  determined  by  a  Commit¬ 
tee  appointed  by  the  General  Council. 

ft  88.  Let  public  freewill  offerings  be  taken  each 
Sunday,  or  as  often  as  there  are  preaching  services, 
the  Pastor  instructing  his  people  to  remember  that 
their  first  financial  duty  is  to  their  own  home  Church, 
assisting  with  the  necessities  there  until  they  are 
relieved,  for  the  Scriptures  plainly  say,  “But  if  any 
provide  not  for  his  own  and  especially  for  those  of  his 
own  house,  he  hath  denied  the  faith  and  is  worse 
than  an  infidel.” 

r  89.  Each  Local  Church  should  carefully  regard 
its  relation  and  duty  in  connection  with  the  District 
Organization  in  which  it  is  located  and  be  subject  to  the 
co-operation  and  advice  of  its  District  Superintendent. 

ft  90.  The  sacraments  are  usually  administered  by 
Ordained  Ministers,  but  Licensed  Ministers,  having 
charge  of  Congregations,  shall  have  power  to  do  so. 
Bread  and  unfermented  wine  shall  be  used  at  the 
Lord's  Supper. 

r  91.  In  these  days  of  multiplied  divorces  and 
srreat  laxity  relative  to  the  marriage  question,  we 
are  fully  agreed  that  none  of  our  preachers  shall 
unite  in  holy  wedlock  any  who  have  been  divorced. 

ft  92.  Military  warfare  and  the  spirit  of  it  are 
contrary  to  the  teachings  of  the  New  Testament  and 
the  spirit  of  Jesus  Christ. 

Therefore,  we  strongly  urge'  our  members  to  refrain 
from  bearing  arms  in  war,  and  that  we  are  opposed 
to  militay  training. 


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Reception  of  Members.  - 

93.  All  persons  giving  satisfactory  evidence  of 
regeneration,  by  having  forsaken  and  renounced  the 
world,  the  flesh  and  the  devil,  and  living  a  consistent 
Christian  life,  and  desiring  to  be  recognized  as  a 
member  of  this  Church,  shall  fi-rst  be  accepted  by  ; 
the  Advisory  Board ;  then,  in  the  presence  of  the 
Church,  affirmatively  answer  the  following  questions:  ' 

fl  94,  $1.  Dearly  beloved,  since  you  ask  to  be 
recognized  as  a  member  of  this  Church,  it  is  proper 
that  you  should  confess  your  faith  and  declare  yoiir 
purpose  in  the  presence  of  God  and  these  witnesses. 
Have  you  forsaken  and  renounced  the  devil  and  all  his 
works?  The  vain  pomp  and  glory  of  the  world,  with 
all  covetous  desires  of  the  same,  and  the  carnal  desires 
of  the  flesh,  and  do  you  refuse  to  be  led  by  them? 

$  2.  Have  you  received  the  witness  of  God’s  Spirit 
to  your  regeneration? 

§  3.  Do  you  believe  in  the  doctrine  of  entire  sanc¬ 
tification  as  a  second,  definite,  instantaneous  work  of 
grace*  subsequent  to  regeneration,  and  that  it  is  the 
privilege  and  duty  of  every  believer  to  seek  and  find 
the  experience  as  soon  as  he  receives  light  concern¬ 
ing  it? 

$  4.  Are  you  willing  that  all  your  faith  and  prac¬ 
tice.  shall  be  governed  by  the  Word  of  God  and  the 
Holy  Ghost? 

$  5.  Will  you  contribute  of  your  means  toward  the 
support  of  the  Lord’s  cause  as  you  are  taught  by  the 
Word  of  God? 

Church  Covenant. 

95.  Having  been  led  to  repentance  toward  God 
and  faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  as  our  Savior, 


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ii  we  now.  in  the  presence  of  God,  angels  and  this  As¬ 
sembly,  most  solemnly  and  joyfully  enter  into  covenant 
I  with  one  another  as  one  body  in  Christ. 

If  96.  We  promise,  by  the  aid  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  to 
shun  the  paths  of  sin,  and  to  walk  in  the  ways  of 
“righteousness  and  true  holiness  all  the  days  of  our 
life.” 

If  97.  We  engage  not  to  forsake  the  assembling  of 
ourselves  together,  as  the  manner  of  some  is,  but 
exhorting  one  another  daily,  and  so  much  the  more 
as  we  see  the  day  approaching,  to  strive  together  for 
the  advancement  of  His  kingdom,  and  for  the  mutual 
upbuilding  of  the  saints  in  holiness,  knowledge  and 
comfort. 

II 98.  We  agree  to  contribute  liberally  and  cheer¬ 
fully  to  the  support  of  the  ministry  and  expenses  of 
the  Church,  the  relief  of  the  poor  and  the  spread  of 
the  Gospel  throughout  the  nations  of  the  earth. 

f|99.  We  also  engage  to  maintain  family  and  se¬ 
cret  devotion ;  to  endeavor  to  bring  our  children  early 
to  a  saving  knowledge  of  Christ,  and  give  them  a 
guarded  Christian  education ;  to  walk  circumspectly 
in  the  world;  to  be  just  in  our  dealings,  faithful  in 
our  engagements,  exemplary  in  our  deportment,  and 
dress  according  to  First  Peter  3:3-4: 

If  100.  “Whose  adorning  let  it  not  be  that  outward 
adorning  of  plaiting  the  hair,  and  wearing  of  gold, 
or  putting  on  of  apparel,  but  let  it  be  the  hidden  man 
of  the  heart,  in  that  which  is  not  corruptible,  even 
the  ornament  of  a  meek  and  quiet  spirit  which  is,  in 
the  sight  of  God,  of  great  price.” 

If  101.  To  abstain  from  contracting  debts  without 
due  care  to  discharge  them  ;  to  avoid  all  tattling,  back¬ 
biting.  evil-speaking  and  unprofitable  and  frivolous 


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eon  versa  tibn ;  to  abstain  from  the  sale  and  use  of 
intoxicating  liquors,  tobacco  and  other  harmful  drugs 
in  all  forms ;  to  avoid  all  places  of  worldly  amuse¬ 
ment  such  as  dances,  shows,  theaters,  horse-races, 
baseball  games  and  places  where  gambling  is  indulged 
in,  as  well  as  to  shun  and  have  no  association  with  or 
membership  in  secret  societies  and  lodges  which  are 
oathbound.  (2  Cor.  6:14-17.) 

102.  We  will  “remember  the  Sabbath  Day.  to 
keep  it  holy”  by  doing  no  worldly  business  therein 
such  as,  buying  and  selling,  and  by  avoiding  all  other 
occupations,  pleasures  or  traveling  which  cannot  be 

consistently  engaged  in  with  an  eye  single  to  God’s 
glory. 

fl  103.  We  further  promise  to  walk  together  in  Chris¬ 
tian  love  and  watchfulness,  giving  and  receiving  admo  ¬ 
nition  with  meekness  and  affection ;  to  remember  each 
other  in  prayer ;  to  aid  each  other  in  sickness  and 
distress;  to  cultivate  Christian  sympathy  in  feelings 
and  courtesy  in  speech,  and  to  be  mindful  of  ^all  the 
rules  of  our  Savior. 

U  104.  Do  you  cheerfully  accept  the  obligations  of 
this  covenant? 

fl  105.  Brethren,  these  persons,  having  satisfac¬ 
torily  responded  to  these  questions  and  covenant,  are 
entitled  to  recognition  as  members  of  this  Church. 

fl  106.  We,  therefore,  extend  to  them  the  right 
hand  of  fellowship,  promising  that  we  will  do  all  we 
can  to  make  it  easy  for  them  to  do  right,  and  hard 
to  do  wrong. 

Reception  of  Members  by  Letter. 

U  107.  Persons  coming  from  other  denominations 
by  letter  shall  receive  the  same  examination  and  be 
passed  upon  the  same  way  as  all  others. 


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Breach  of  Covenant. 

108.  Members  of  the  International  Holiness  Church 
who  wilfully  and  repeatedly  neglect  the  means  of 
grace  (Rev.  2:  11;  Acts  1:  8;  Isa.  43:  10),  shall 
be  investigated  by  the  Advisory  Board,  and  if  they  do 
not  repent  and  amend,  they  shall  be  discontinued : 
and  the  Preacher  shall  make  known  that  they  are 
excluded  for  breach  of  Covenant  and  not  for  immoral 
conduct. 

Dismissal  of  Members. 

fl  109.  When  persons  in  good  standing  desire  to 
unite  with  some  other  Evangelical  Church,  the  Advis¬ 
ory  Board  shall  give  them  a  Certificate  of  Dismissal 
and  Recommendation,  signed  by  the  Chairman  and 
the  Clerk. 

fl  110.  Whenever  sin  is  openly  manifested  by  any 
member,'  it  is  to  be  rebuked,  and  all  who  wilfully 
oppose  themselves  to  the  '  plain  requirements  of  a 
Christian  must,  after  being  Scripturally  dealt  with 
without  effect,  be  thrust  out  as  having  no  part  with 
the  disciples  of  Christ. 

H  111."  Charges  should  never  be  n l a (le^igaSsFTny 
one  until  care  shall  have  been  given  in  tenderness, 
and  with  much  prayer  and  fasting.  When  charges 
are  made  against  a  member,  they  must  be  in  writing 
and  presented  to  the  Advisory  Board.  In  no  case 
shall  a  charge  be  entertained  unless  the  accuser  is 
willing  to  come  face  to  face  with  the  accused,  and 
unless  proper  means  have  been  used  to  restore  him, 
according  to  Matt.  18 :  15-17.  No  member  shall  be 
expelled  without  a  Scriptural  hearing  and  trial. 
When  all  hopes  of  recovering  the  offender  have  dis- 


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appeared,  he  may  be  expelled  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of 
the  Advisory  Board. 

IT  112.  All  matters  of  discipline  and  manner  of 
procedure  shall  be  left  with  the  Advisory  Board. 
When  members  are  expelled  or  released  they  shall, 
if  possible,  be  officially  notified  of  such  action  by  the 
Clerk. 

Boakd  of  Trustees. 

TT 113.  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  consist  of  not 
less  than  three,  nor  more  than  nine  persons  who  shall 
be  members  of  an  International  Holiness  Church,  and 
who  shall  be  elected  by  ballot,  at  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  Church,  upon  nomination  by  the  Pastor.  All 
Trustees  to  hold  office  until  their  successors  are 
elected. 

Business  Meetings.  (See  Appendix  C.) 

fl  114.  The  Pastor  of  the  Church,  or,  in  the  ab¬ 
sence  or  disqualification  of  the  Pastor,  any  person 
whom  the  Meeting  may  appoint,  shall  preside  over 
it  for  the  transaction  of  business.  In  this  connec¬ 
tion,  let  the  example  of  the  Apostles  be  prayerfully 
followed,  who,  in  setting  apart  men  to  have  charge 
of  the  temporal  affairs  of  the  Church,  saw  to  it  that 
they  were  “of  honest  report,  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost 
and  wisdom.”  (See  also  in  this  connection  the  words 
of  Paul  in  1  Tim.  3:8-13.) 

fl  115.  Church  Meetings.  The  Pastor,  or  in  his 
absence,  the  Clerk,  by  the  direction  of  the  Advisory 
Board,  or  upon  a  petition  of  a  majority  of  the  resi¬ 
dent  members,  may  call  a  Meeting  of  the  Church  at 
any  time,  by  giving  weekly  notice  in  the  regular 
Sunday  services.  A  majority  of  resident  members 
shall  constitute  a  quorum. 


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45 


fl  116.  The  Annual  Church  Meeting  shall  be  held 
just  previous  to  the  District  Assembly. 

ft  117.  Among  the  matters  considered  at  this 
Meeting  shall  be: 

§  1.  The  election  of  the  Local  Advisory  Board, 
the  officers  of  which  shall  be  elected  by  secret  ballot. 
If  there  be  no  election  on  the  first  ballot,  the  two 
names  receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes  shall  be 
jalloted  for  on  the  second  ballot.  Said  Advisory 
Board  to  serve  throughout  the  succeeding  year,  or 
until  their  successors  are  elected. 

$  2.  The  election  of  the  Sunday-school  Board, 
which  shall  consist  of  the  Sunday-school  Superin¬ 
tendent,  the  Assistant  Superintendent,  Secretary, 
Treasurer  and  Librarian,  as  well  as  the  Teachers. 

$  3.  The  financial  obligations  to  the  Pastor  and 
to  all  others  for  the  forthcoming  year. 

Certain  questions  should  be  answered,  as: 

$  4.  Have  we  as  a  Church,  obeyed  the  Biblical 
commandments  “Owe  no  man  anything;”  and  “Pro¬ 
vide  things  honest  in  the  sight  of  all  men”? 

$  5.  Have  we  fulfilled  our  obligations  to  the 
District  Organization,  of  which  we  are  a  part,  by  in¬ 
viting  the  District  Superintendent  or  his  Assistant,  to 
be  with  us  (IF  61  §2),  and  have  we  done  our  duty 
to  Home  Missions  through  support  of  the  State 
Work? 

§  6.  The  Church  should  also  have  the  reports  ot 
the  Pastor,  Clerk,  Treasurer,  Sunday-school  Super¬ 
intendent,  and  of  all  the  Class-leaders. 

$  7.  The  Class-meeting  Committee  should  also  be 
appointed  (If  135). 

if  118,  $  1.  There  should  be  a  general  enquiry  as 

to  the  particular  state  of  the  Church  and  its  mem¬ 
bers. 


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$  2.  The  Covenant  ought  to  be -read  and  expound¬ 
ed  so  that  the  very  least  may  understand  its  signifi¬ 
cance  and  ask  themselves  whether  they  are  faith¬ 
fully  and  honestly  observing  the  solemn  promises 
and  vows  which  they  have  taken  upon  themselves, 
in  becoming  members  of  the  International  Holiness! 


Church. 

fl  119.  P  articular  attention  should  be  given  to  whatl 
the  Church  is  doing  in  sending  money  to  the  support"; 
of  the  Foreign  Missionary  Work  (H194),  and  in] 
keeping  alive  a  missionary  spirit  in  its  own  ranks. 


fl  120.  Meeting  ivith  the  District  Superintendent. 
The  coming  of  the  District  Superintendent  or  his  As¬ 
sistant  (If  61,  $2)  should  be  well  advertised  and 
his  visit  should  be  made  helpful  to  all  concerned. 
This  end  will  be  best  met  through  at  least  two 
services,  one  of  which  will  be  on  a  week  day,  the^ 
other,  if  convenient,  on  the  Sabbath.  The  latter^ 
should  consist  of  preaching,  testimony,  and,  if  so' 
desired,  the  Sacraments  of  Baptism  and  the  Lord’s 
Supper  may  be  administered.  The  former  service 
should  be  a  Business  Meeting,  presided  over  by  thej 
Superintendent  and  consisting,  besides  himself,  ofj 
the  Pastor,  the  Advisory  Board  and  all  other  Offi-I 
cers  of  the  Church. 

fl  121.  After  the  devotional  exercises,  let  the  fol- : 
lowing  enquiries  be  taken  up  in  order : 

§  1.  Who  are  the  Officers  of  the  Church?  (If  this 

be  known  to  the  Superintendent,  from  the  previous  i 

year,  let  the  question  be,  Are  there  any  changes  in : 

the  Officers  of  the  Church  since  last  year?) 

» 

Note:  The  Officers  of  the  Church,  as  here  inJ 
tended,  are  Pastor.  Assistant,  other  Ministers  or 
Licentiates,  Sunday  School  Superintendent,  Clerk, 


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47 


Treasurer,  Deacons  or  Deaconesses,  Elders,  Trustees, 
and  Class  Leaders. 

$  2.  The  following  Officers  shall  then  present 
their  reports :  The  Pastor  and  any  other  Ordained 
Minister,  Licentiate  or  Deaconess,  the  Clerk,  Treas¬ 
urer,  Sunday-school  Superintendent,  each  Class- 
leader,  a  Representative  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
and  of  each  Standing  Committee. 

Note :  Each  report  shall  be  in  writing  and  shall 
cover  the  various  spiritual,  educational  and  financial 
interests  under  the  supervision  of  the  Officer  who 
presents  it. 

(Let  the  following  questions  be  asked,  only  if 
the  matters  so  suggested  have  not  been  already 
covered  in  the  above  reports:) 

$  3.  What  is  the  spiritual  condition  of  the 
Church? 

$  4.  About  how  many  members  seem  to  be  enjoy¬ 
ing  the  experience  of  entire  sanctification? 

$  5.  About  how  many  persons,  during  the  past 
year,  have  knelt  at  the  altar  of  prayer  or  otherwise 
sought  the  Lord,  by  the  agency  of  the  Church,  its 
Pastor,  or  other  workers  connected  therewith? 

$  6.  About  how  many  persons  have  professed 
justification  or  sanctification  through  the  aid  of  tbe 
Church  or  Its  Pastor? 

§  7.  Have  there  been  any  outstanding  cases  of 
bodily  healing  by  the  same  means? 

$  8.  Are  your  members  carefully  observing  their 
Covenant  obligations? 

$  9.  When  was  the  Covenant  last  read  and  ex¬ 
pounded? 

$  10.  Are  the  Class-leaders  faithful  in  their  over¬ 
sight,  and  is  the  Church  organized  into  Classes  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  provisions  of  our  Manual?  (UH  135,  136.) 


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$  11.  Are  the  Pastor  and  the  other  Officers  of 
the  Church  examples  to  them  that  believe  “in  word, 
in  conversation,  in  charity,  in  spirit,  in  faith,  in 
purity”?  Is  the  Pastor,  in  particular,  following  Paul’s 
instructions  to  “give  attendance  to  reading,  to  ex¬ 
hortation,  to  doctrine”?  Does  he  meet  often  with 
the  people  in  their  homes  and  is  he  wont  to  make 
these  meetings  occasions  of  prayer  and  spiritual  edi¬ 
fication? 


$  12.  Have  there  been  any  changes  in  member¬ 
ship  since  last  year?  What  new  members  have  been 
received?  What  is  the  total  number  now  on  the  roll? 
Have  any  members  removed  to  other  parts'  and  has 
any  communication  been  lately  received  from  them? 
Have  such  members  been  recommended  to  other 
Holiness  Churches?  Have  any  members  withdrawn? 
Have  any  died?  Have  any  been  tried  or  expelled? 

$  13.  What  amount  has  the  Church  paid,  during 
the  year,  for  the  support  of  the  Ministry?  Has  the 
amount  been  sufficient  to  enable  the  Minister  to 
enjoy  the  Scriptural  privilege  ordained  of  God  that 
“they  which  preach  the  Gospel  should  live  of  the 
Gospel”?  (1  Cor.  9:14.) 

$  14.  What  amounts  have  been  paid  out  on  build¬ 
ing  and  improvement,  current  expenses,  for  Sunday- 
school  and  Church  literature,  aid  of  the  poor  and  in 
support  of  the  District  Work1? 

$  15.  What  amounts  have  been  forwarded  to  the 
General  Missionary  Treasurer  for  Foreign  Missions, 
and  to  what  fields,  if  any,  were  they  designated? 

$  16.  Are  the  instructions  of  our  Manual  con¬ 
cerning  the  Sunday  School  carefully  observed?  (IF  125. 
etc.)  What  is  the  total  enrollment  of  the  School  and 
the  average  attendance?  How  many  have  been 
dropped  or  added  during  the  year? 


MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  C.  49 

(  17.  Are  there  any  persons  desiring  recom¬ 
mendations  for  License  to  preach  or  to  do  Deaconess 
iVork?  (If  145.)  Are  any  persons  connected  with 
this  Church,  pursuing  the  Course  of  Study,  and 
what,  in  general,  is  their  progress? 

$  18.  What  evangelist,  if  any,  has  been  employed 
during  the  year?  How  long  was  he  present?  What 
were  the  results  of  the  meeting?  What  free-will  of¬ 
fering  was  paid  to  him  for  his  services?  Is  it  ex¬ 
pected  that  an  evangelist  will  be  employed  during 
the  coming  year?  If  so,  whom? 

§  19.  What  holiness  periodicals  are  taken  by  our 
people?  How  many  subscribe  to  at  least  one  of  them? 

§  20.  Are  there  any  of  our  members  or  their  chil¬ 
dren  in  attendance  at  a  Bible  School  or  College, 
if  so.  how  many,  who  are  they,  and  where  are  they 
located? 

$  21.  Are  the  Church  Records  kept  in  a  regular 
and  orderly  manner?  (Let  the  Superintendent  ex¬ 
amine  them.)  (See  Appendix  B.) 

§  22.  How  are  deeds  and  other  papers  effecting 
Church  property  cared  for?  What  is  the  value  of 
the  Church  property?  Does  it  include  a  parsonage? 
Is  there  any  debt  upon  either  place  of  worship  or 
the  parsonage  or  upon  any  other  property  controlled 
by  the  Church? 

§  23.  Who  shall  be  the  Lay  Delegate  and  Alter¬ 
nate  to  the  next  District  Assembly? 

$  24.  Is  there  any  other  business? 

’  Jl  122.  Let  the  Meeting  close  with  all  present  on 
their  knees  before  God.  earnestly  entreating  Him  for 
grace  to  aid  in  future  unity  and  service. 

Ti  123.  Advison/  Board  Meetings.  $  1.  Regular 


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meetings  shall  be  held  on  the  last  Thursday  pre¬ 
ceding  the  last  Sunday  of  each  month.  - 

$  2.  Five  persons  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for 
the  transaction  of  business. 

§  3.  Special  meetings  shall  be  called  by  the  Clerk 
uijon  the  request  of  the  Pastor  or  three  members  of 
the  Board.  No  special  meeting  of  the  Board  shall  be 
legal  unless  all  members  of  the  Board  are  present,  or 
shall  have  been  notified  personally,  or  by  mailing  a 
notice  to  their  residence  at  least  forty-eight  hours 
previous  to  the  time  of  meeting. 

U  124.  The  Advisory  Board  shall  perform  all  the  • 
duties  required  of  it  by  this  Manual,  with  reference 
to  the  Ministry. 

The  Sunday  School. 

125.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Advisory  Board 
of  the  Church  to  maintain  a  Sunday-school,  for  the 
purpose  of  teaching  the  Holy  Scriptures  and  leading 
the  pupils  to  a  saving  knowledge  of  Christ. 

128.  As  the  Church  in  all  ages  has  been  main¬ 
ly  dependent  on  its  children  for  its  future,  we  admon¬ 
ish  our  people  to  give  due  diligence  that,  like  our 
Savior’s  precept  concerning  the  Sabbath,  the  Sunday- 
school  may  be  regarded  for  the  children  and  not  the 
children  for  the  Sunday-school.  Let  it  be  the  con¬ 
stant  aim  of  every  pastor  to  so  co-operate  with  the 
Sunday-school  that  it  may  prove,  under  God,  the 
greatest  agency  of  the  Church  outside  the  regular 
preaching  services. 

127.  The  Sunday  School  Board,  of  which  the 
Pastor  shall  be  the  regular  Chairman,  and  which 
shall  consist  of  himself,  the  Sunday-school  Super¬ 
intendent.  and  all  the  Officers  and  Teachers  of  the 
School,  shall  have  direct  oversight  of  the  same. 


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51 


fl  128.  The  Officers  and  Teachers  shall  be  chosen 
under  the  direction  of  the  Pastor  and  the  Advisory 
Board  of  the  Church  at  its  regular  Annual  Business 
Meeting.  No  person  shall  hold  office  or  teach  who 
is  not  in  the  experience  of  entire  sanctification,  or 
who  does  not  teach  the  cardinal  doctrines  of  our 
Church.  We  recommend  that  the  Pastor,  Superin¬ 
tendent  and  Secretary  of  the  Sunday-school  shall  de¬ 
cide  upon  the  literature  of  the  School  and  see  that  it 
has  the  advantage  and  blessings  of  the  straightest 
and  most  spiritual  literature  that  is  available. 

fl  129.  We  also  recommend  that  all  of  our  Sunday- 
schools  shall  use  the  International  Holiness  Sunday 
j  school  literature  published  at  the  International  Holi¬ 
ness  Advocate  Office,  Greensboro,  N.  C.,  for  all  Sunday- 
schools  which  desire  to  accomplish  the  above-named 
ends. 

130.  Because  of  the  pernicious  and  trashy 
books  which  are  being  so  freely  circulated,  every  Sun- 

,  day-school  should  provide  a  Library  of  books  suitable 
to  the  youthful  understanding.  Such  books  should  be 
purchased  as  will  point  toward  the  highest  possible 
success,  not  from  a  worldly  standpoint,  but  in  help¬ 
ful  service  to  our  fellowmen  and  perfect  love  toward 
God. 

131.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  Sunday-school 
to  send  a  Delegate  to  each  Quarterly  and  Annual 
Assembly  to  make  a  report  of  the  work  it  has  done. 

Classes  and  Leaders. 

132.  It  is  of  the  highest  importance  that  we 
maintain  the  vital  spirituality  of  our  Churches,  li 
we  fail  in  this,  history  will  repeat  itself  and  our 


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Church,  like  so  many  of  its  predecessors  and  con¬ 
temporaries,  will  become  a  mere  iceberg  whose  glassy 
sides  are  strewn  with  the  wrecks  of  human  souls. 

fl  133.  For  this  purpose  we  cannot  impress  upon 
our  people  too  strongly  the  absolute  necessity  of 
being  one  in  Christ  Jesus.  Perhaps  no  better  means 
was  ever  devised  to  maintain  this  unity  than  the 
Class-meeting.  In  it  an  experienced  Christian  has 
the  spiritual  charge  of  others,  as  a  rule  less  estab¬ 
lished  than  himself,  and  is  thereby  able  to  give  an 
individual  oversight,  as  a  brother  and  friend. 

U 134.  Ordinarily,  in  such  classes,  there  should  1 
not  be  less  than  six  or  more  than  ten  or  twelve.  The-; 
Officers  can  best  judge  whether  their  Church  is  of 
sufficient  size  to  make  its  formation  into  Classes 
justifiable. 

ff  135.  It  is  suggested  that  the  Pastor  name  a 
committee  of  three,  at  the  Annual  Church  Meeting, 
of  which  he  shall  be  the  Chairman,  who  shall  go 
over  the  roll  of  membership  and  form  the  entire 
Church  into  Classes.  On  the  first  Sunday  of  the 
New  Year,  let  these  classes  be  announced,  with  their* 
various  members,  from  the  pulpit.  In  order  that  all’ 
the  members  of  the  Church  may  benefit  by  such  a 
system,  this  method  should  be  repeated  every  yearj 
and  no  one  may  remain  in  the  same  class  for  more 
than  one  year  at  a  time. 

il  136.  The  Leader  should  be  elected  by  the  Class! 
once  each  year  and  this  election  should  be  either, 
sustained  or  overruled  by  special  action  at  the  en-1 
suing  Meeting  of  the  Advisory  Board.  This  Leader! 
must  be  possessed  of  all  the  other  qualifications  re-  ; 
quired  for  any  office  in  the  Church,  and  should  be 
a  person  of  sound  judgment,  practical  piety,  biame-1 
less  example,  and  truly  devoted  to  God.  It  would 


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also  oft;en  be  useful  and  serve  a  means  of  holding 
the  Class  together,  if  an  Assistant  to  the  Leader, 
a  Secretary,  and  a  Treasurer,  could  be  elected. 
Let  the  meetings  be  once  each  week,  if  possible,  or 
at  the  farthest,  once  a  month. 

137.  At  these  meetings  let  the  advice  of  Paul 
be  held  in  regard  that  “all  things  may  be  done  in 
decency  and  in  order.”  Let  the  Scriptures  be  read, 
and  let  the  Leader  tenderly,  and  without  harshness, 
carefully  enquire  into  the  spiritual  state  of  every 
member.  Should  it  become  evident  at  any  time  that 
a  Leader  is  using  his  Office  to  criticise  or  condemn 
the  weak  and  erring,  or  to  gather  information  of  a 
personal  and  private  nature,  let  complaint  be  made 
to  the  Advisory  Board,  and  if  it  be  sustained,  let  the 
offending  Leader  be  removed  as  well  as  rebuked. 

fl  138.  If  the  Class-meeting  is  allowed  to  become 
a  Society  for  mutual  admiration,  it  had  best  be  re¬ 
formed  or  disbanded,  but  if  it  continues  a  veritable 
storm-center  of  Holy  Ghost  power,  in  which  revivals 
are  prayed  down  and  men  and  women  are  led  to 
higher  heights  and  deeper  depths  in  God.  then  will 
the  Church  of  which  it  is  a  part,  feel  the  dynamic 
impetus  of  its  energy  and  the  benediction  of  its 
united  and  mutual  godliness. 

Advices  Concerning  Leaders.  __ 

1  139.  Let  no  one  be  elected  as  Leader  who  Is 
thought  to  be  careless  of  our  Covenant  and  the  obli¬ 
gations  imposed  therein.  A  Leader  should  be  an 
example  to  the  Flock  of  Christ,  and  if  it  be  known 
that  a  candidate  for  this  Office  is  a  divorced  person, 
or  vain  in  his  attire,  or  in  debt  to  such  a  degree  as 
to  cause  stumbling,  or  that  he  is  boastful,  haughty, 
overbearing,  or  otherwise  unc-hristlike  in  his  temper 


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or  behavior,  let  the  Class  and  the  Advisory  Board 
alike  see  that  tie  be  not  elected,  or  if  elected  that  he 
be  speedily  removed. 

fi  140.  The  Leader  should  take  care  that  the 
meetings  do  not  “drag.”  and  that  they  are  lively 
and  helpful.  He  should  encourage  every  one  to 
have  a  part  in  the  leadership  of  the  meeting,  thus 
bringing  out  and  developing  the  individual  character 
of  each  member.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  visit  each 
family  represented  in  his  Class,  at  least  once  a 
quarter,  and  at  the  Annual  Church  Meeting  and  the 
Superintendent’s  Meeting,  to  make  a  report  of  his 
labors.  Should  he  observe  that  any  in  his  Class  are 
walking  disorderly,  or  are  in  need  of  temporal  as¬ 
sistance.  or  of  prayers  on  account  of  sickness,  let 
him  report  the  same  at  once  to  the  Pastor,  and  also, 
if  required,  to  the  Advisory  Board  at  its  Monthly 
Meeting. 

Standing  Committees. 

W 141.  The  following  Committees  shall  be  nomi¬ 
nated  by  the  Pastor  and  confirmed  by  the  Advisory 
Board  at  each  Annual  Meeting: 

$  1.  Finance.  The  members  of  this  Committee 
shall  receive  all  money  direct  from  collections  and 
shall  apply  it  in  such  manner  as  to  carry  out,  in  so 
far  as  each  Local  Church  is  able,  the  explicit  ordi¬ 
nation  of  God  which  is  as  follows  (l1  Cor.  9:  13.  14)  : 
“Do  ye  not  know  that  they  which  minister  about  holy 
things  live  of  the  things  of  the  temple?  And  they 
which  wait  at  the  altar  are  partakers  with  the 
altar?  Even  so  hath  the  Lord  ordained  that  they 
which  preach  the  Gospel  should  live  of  the  Gospel.” 
The  offerings  shall  be  recorded  and,  the  money  at 


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once  turned  over  to  the  proper  custodians  and  re¬ 
ceipts  taken.  Tlie  Finance  Committee  shall  likewise 
have  general  oversight  and  responsibility  as  to  the 
payment  of  all  Church  obligations. 

§  2.  Auditing.  They  shall  examine  the  books  of 
all  parties  who  handle  money  belonging  to  the 
Church,  in  any  of  its  departments,  and  make  their 
report  in  writing  to  the  Advisory  Board  at  the  An¬ 
nual  Meeting. 

$  3.  Records.  This  Committee  shall  examine  the 
record  books  of  all  Church  and  Sunday-school  officers, 
and  report  thereon  to  the  Advisory  Board  at  the 
Annual  Meeting. 

§  4.  Missions.  They  shall  work  in  harmony  with 
the  District  and  General  Missionary  Board  to  arrange, 
in  conjunction  with  the  Pastor,  for  Missionary  Meet¬ 
ings  ;  they  shall  distribute  our  missionary  literature 
and  shall  report  at  the  District  Superintendent’s  Meet¬ 
ing,  the  amounts  given  by  the  people  of  the  charge 
to  our  Missions,  so  far  as  they  may  have  been  able 
to  ascertain  the  exact  or  approximate  figures. 


If  142.  The  number  of  persons  on  each  Committee 
shall  be  determined,  by  the  Advisory  Board. 


fl  143.  The  Advisory  Board  shall  have  the  power 
to  change  or  dismiss  Members  of  Standing  Com¬ 
mittees  when,  after  prayer,  and  earnestly  seeking 
God's  will,  the  members  thereof  shall  deem  that 
it  is  best. 


Chapter  X. 


THE  MINISTRY. 


If  144.  We  assert  our  belief  that  God  has  especially 
called  some  to  devote  their  time  and  talents  en- 


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tirely  to  His  peculiar  service,  and  that  human  ordina¬ 
tion  is  simply  our  recognition  of  that  which  has 
already  been  conferred  by  the  Divine  Head  of  the 
Church.  To  prevent  the  many  and  grievous  evils 
which  arise  from  thrusting  forth  the  unestablished 
and  the  mistaken,  we  feel  that  this  office  must  be 
safeguarded  by  carefully  testing  the  candidates  there¬ 
for,  as  well  as  by  causing  them  to  be  trained  in 
the  knowledge  of  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 

License  to  Preach. 

f|  145.  Any  brother  or  sister  presenting  a  Recom¬ 
mendation  from  the  Local  Church  of  which  he  or 
she  is  a  member,  certifying  to  his  or  her  holy  char¬ 
acter  and  conversation,  as  well  as  spiritual  gifts  and 

calling  may  be  recommended  by  the  District  Council 
to  the  District  Assembly  for  License  to  Exhort. 

Preach  or  to  do  Deaconess  work. 

If  146.  Before  granting  this  License  a  Report  shall 
be  heard  from  the  Examining  Board,  as  provided 
under  If  169. 

Such  License  shall  not  be  granted  over  the  protest 
of  the  Examining  Board,  except  by  consent  of  three- 
fourths  of  all  the  Delegates  present  at  the  Annual 
Assembly.  In  case  of  a  favorable  Report,  License 
shall  be  granted  on  a  simple  majority. 

ff  147.  Candidates  for  License  who  do  not  reside 
within  the  bounds  of  any  District  Organization,  shall 
confer,  either  in  person  or  by  letter,  with  the  General 
Superintendent,  or  his  Assisatnts,  and  shall  be  re¬ 
ferred  by  them  to  the  most  convenient  District  As¬ 
sembly. 


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ft  148.  License  shall  be  granted  by  the  District 
Assembly  and  shall  be  signed  by  the  District  Super 
intendent  and  Secretary.  It  may  be  renewed  each 
year  upon  the  passage  of  the  Licentiate's  enaracter 
and  the  report  from  the  Examining  Board  as  to  his 
or  her  progress  in  gifts  and  grace,  and  the  Course  of 
Study. 

Careful  attention  will  be  given  to  doctrine,  and 
no  unorthodox  and  unscriptural  teaching  will  be 
passed  unchallenged,  either  by  the  Superintendent  of 
the  Correspondence  Department,  or  by  the  Examining 
Board. 


Ordination. 

ft  149.  The  Licentiate  who  has  held  his  License 
at  least  three  years  and  has  successfully  completed 
the  required  Course  of  Study,  shall  be  eligible  for 
ordination  as  a  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  in  the  follow 
ing  manner : 

ft  150.  The  Report  of  the  Examiner  having  been 
received  by  the  Assembly,  the  said  Assembly  shall  ear¬ 
nestly  seek  the  Divine  guidance,  waiting  upon  God  in 
prayer ;  then,  if  the  Assembly  so  order,  it 
shall  recommend  the  Candidate  for  ordination  to 
the  District  Council,  which  shall  appoint  a  body  of 
at  least  five  Ministers,  that  by  the  laying  on  of 
hands  and  by  prayers,  he  may  be  set  apart  for 
the  work  whereunto  God  has  called  him. 

ft  151.  In  recommending  a  Candidate  for  Ordina 
tion,  the  District  Assembly  shall  hear:  (1)  The  Re¬ 
port  of  the  District  Superintendent  on  his  (or  her) 
standing  in  the  Course  of  Study  (ft  176)  ;  (2)  The 


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Report  of  the  Examining  Board  as  to  the  Candidate’s 
religious  experience  and  personal  character  (<I  1(58) 
(3)  The  Candidate’s  personal  testimony;  (4)  Any 
recommendation  from  the  General  Council  regarding 
him  (1[152). 

fl  152.  No  Candidate  for  Ordination  shall  be  recom¬ 
mended  to  the  District  Council  except  by  a  majority 
of  the  District  Assembly,  and  after  having  had  Li¬ 
cense  for  three  years,  unless  it  be  by  order  of  the  Gen¬ 
eral  Council. 

fl  153.  Certificates  of  Ordination  shall  be  issued 
and  shall  bear  the  signatures  of  at  least  five  Or¬ 
dained  Ministers  who  have  had  part  therein. 

154.  Yearly  Certificates  of  Ordination  shall  be 
issued  to  all  ordained  Ministers  and  Deaconesses 
signed  by  the  General  Superintendent  and  General 
Secretary,  said  certificates  to  be  issued  on  recom¬ 
mendation  of  the  District  Superintendent.  In  case 
of  the  failure  of  the  District  Superintendent  thus  to 
recommend,  or  of  the  General  Superintendent  and 
General  Secretary  to  issue  the  Paper,  the  Minister 
or  Deaconess  in  question  shall  have  the  right  to 
appeal  both  to  the  District  Assembly  and  to  the 
General  Assembly,  the  latter  of  which  shall  be  the 
final  Arbiter,  in  all  cases. 

Rules  Governing  International  Holiness  Ministers. 

fi 155.  All  Licensed  and  Ordained  Ministers  and 

Deaconesses,  whether  acting  as  Pastors  or  otherwise^ 
or  without  regular  employment,  shall  make  a  Quar¬ 
terly  Report  to  the  District  Superintendent  of  the  As- 


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sembly  with  which  they  are  allied,  said  Report  to 
be  made  out  on  blanks  provided  by  the  District 
Secretary,  and  furnished  by  the  General  Secretary. 

U  156.  All  District  Superintendents  shall  summarize 
the  reports  received  by  them,  and  forward  the  same 
with  an  account  of  their  own  labors,  to  the  General 
Superintendent,  once  every  quarter.  In  making 
Quarterly  Reports  time  shall  be  reckoned  from  the 
first  day  of  the  year. 

II 157.  If  any  Licensed  or  Ordained  Minister  or 
Deaconess  shall  fail  for  three  successive  quarters 
to  forward  his  or  her  Report  to  the  District  Superin¬ 
tendent.  the  latter  shall  make  an  investigation,  and 
if  no  reasonable  cause  shall  be  found  for  his  or  her 
failure,  as  above  mentioned,  the  District  Superintend¬ 
ent  shall  be  justified  in  refusing  to  endorse  the  said 
Minister  or  Deaconess  to  the  General  Superintendent 
for  the  Renewal  of  Papers. 

Local  Relations  of  Ministers. 

U 158.  All  Ordained  Ministers  and  Deaconesses 
shall  be  connected  with  some  International  Holiness 
Church,  to  which  they  shall  be  answerable,  and  from 
which  they  shall  present  a  Recommendation,  for 
Renewal  of  their  Annual  Certificate,  the  same  to 
be  enclosed  to  the  District  Superintendent,  with  their 
Third  Quarterly  Report  as  above  stated,  said  Recom¬ 
mendation  to  appear  on  Blanks  provided  by  the 
General  Secretary,  and  to  be  signed  by  the  Clerk 
and  at  least  three  other  members  of  the  Advisory 
Board. 

H159.  No  Minister  shall  entertain  a  Pastoral  Call 
from  a  Church  within  the  bounds  of  a  District  As* 


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sombly  other  than  the  one  with  which  he  is  con¬ 
nected,  except  by  agreement  with  the  General  Su¬ 
perintendent  in  concurrence  with  the  District  Superin¬ 
tendent  of  the  District  in  which  the  Church  is 
located. 

fl  160.  Every  Minister  shall  be  duly  registered 
with  the  Secretary  of  some  District  Advisory  Board, 
preferably  that  nearest  to  his  own  location,  and 
if  he  shall  permanently  enter  the  bounds  of  any 
other  District  Organization,  he  shall  present  a  Letter 
from  his  own  District  President  or  Secretary,  certify¬ 
ing  to  his  standing,  and  shall  thereafter  be  acknowl¬ 
edged  as  a  member  thereof. 

Ministers  from  Other  Evangelical  Churches. 

5  161.  Ordained  Ministers  from  other  Evangelical 
Churches,  desiring  to  unite  with  us,  may  be  admitted, 
receiving  due  credit  for  their  standing,  provided, 
that  they  publicly  assent  to  our  Beliefs,  Practices 
and  System  of  Government,  are  able  to  give  evidences 
of  holy  character  and  a  sanctified  experience,  and 
have  pursued  a  Course  of  Study  at  least  equal 
to  the  one  prescribed  for  our  Ministers  and  Deacon¬ 
esses. 

Dismissal  and  Trial  of  a  Minister. 

U 162.  Papers  may  not  be  refused  to  any  Min¬ 
ister  in  good  standing  who  desires  to  enter  any 
other  Evangelical  Denomination. 

H  163.  Action  against  any  Ordained  Minister  for 
immoral  conduct,  or  for  breach  of  our  Covenant,  or 
for  conduct  unbecoming  a  Christian,  must  originate 
in  the  Local  Church  where  his  membership  is  held. 
He  shall  be  proceeded  against  the  same  as  any  other 


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member  (Iffi  110,  111).  He  shall  have  the  right  of 
appeal  to  the  District  Assembly  and  from  thence 
to  the  General  Assembly,  only  provided,  he  shall 
appear  personally,  not  by  Counsel.  In  each  case 
the  Charges  against  him  must  be  made  in  writing 
and,  on  appeal,  his  accusers  must  be  present  in  person. 

Local  Preacher’s  License. 

c 

fl  164.  A  Local  Preacher’s  License  shall  be  issued 
to  such  as  have  a  call  for  local  church  work. 

1.  This  License  shall  be  furnished  by  the  General 
Secretary-Treasurer,  but  issued  by  the  District  Su¬ 
perintendent,  upon  the  recommendation  of  its  Local 
Church  Board  in  council  with  the  District  Superin¬ 
tendent. 

2.  Said  Local  Worker  shall  be  under  the  personal 
supervision  of  the  resident  Pastor,  who  shall  secure 
openings  for  him  where  possible 

3.  If  a  difficulty  should  arise  between  a  Local 
Preacher  and  the  church  or  resident  Pastor,  it  shall 
not  be  carried  beyond  the  jurisdiction  of  the  District 
Superintendent. 

4.  The  Local  Preacher's  License  shall  not  carry 
with  it  authority  to  have  either  voice  or  vote  in  any 
District  or  General  Assembly,  nor  in  any  Local  Ad¬ 
visory  Board,  unless  elected  thereto,  but  shall  not 
debar  from  doiilg  evangelistic  or  pastoral  work  in 
case  there  be  an  opening. 

5.  Local  Preachers  shall  make  a  report  of  their 
work  to  the  Local  Church  in  the  Annual  Church 
Meeting, 


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6.  If  a  Local  Preacher  shail  do  supply  work  as 
pastor  of  a  local  organized  work,  he  shall  make  a 
report  of  the  same  to  the  District  Assembly  in  which 
his  Congregation  is  represnted. 

Course  of  Study. 

165.  Men  of  this  world  demand  the  trained  mind 
as  well  as  the  willing  heart.  In  offering  ourselves 
to  the  service  of  the  Gospel  Ministry,  we  should  not 
be  less  diligent,  that  we  may  “show  ourselves  ap¬ 
proved  unto  God,  workmen  that  need  not  to  be 
ashamed.” 

TJ 166.  Habits  of  study,  together  with  Biblical  and 
other  knowledge  secured  through  them,  are  invaluable 
to  all  preachers  of  Christ’s  Church.  To  promote  the 
same,  the  General  Assembly  has  adopted  the  Corre¬ 
spondence  Course  of  Study,  conducted  by  God’s  Bible 
School,  at  Cincinnati,  O..  as  the  Course  of  Study  for 
our  Ministers  and  Deaconesses 

This  Course  of  Study  is  under  the  superintendency 
of  Mrs.  A.  D.  Luke,  1810  Young  St,  Cincinnati,  O., 
with  whom  all  who  shall  take  this  Course  of  Study 
shall  correspond  relative  to  entrance  upon  the  same. 

fl  167.  An  Examining  Board  shall  be  elected  by 
each  District  Assembly  at  the  time  of  the  election  of 
Ogicers  and  shall  consist  of  at  least  three  Members. 
One  of  these  Examiners  shall  hold  office  for  one 
3’ear,  one  for  two  years,  and  one  for  three  years,  each 
one  elected  thereafter  to  serve  for  three  years. 

168.  This  Examining  Board  shall  examine  the 
Candidate  for  Ol’dination  as  to  his  or  her  religious 
experience  and  personal  character,  and  report  the 
result  of  the  same  to  the  District  Assembly,  at  the 
time  the  Candidate’s  character  is  under  consideration 


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f]  169.  All  Candidates  for  License  to  Preach  shall 
be  examined  by  the  said  Examining  Board  as  to  their 
proficiency  in  reading,  writing,  and  spelling.  Also 
in  matters  of  doctrine,  practice  and  personal  religious 
experience,  ministerial  Call,  evidence  thereof,  and 
as  to  whether  any  objections  might  arise  from  the 
circumstances  of  the  candidate’s  personal,  family  and 
business  life,  and  report  the  result  of  the  same  to 
the  District  Assembly  at  the  time  the  Candidate’s 
character  is  under  consideration. 

$  1.  Examination  of  Candidates  for  Ordination 

•>r  License,  conducted  by  the  Examining  Board,  as 

provided  under  If  If  168  and  169,  shall  be  held  at  the 

place  of  meeting  of  the  District  Assembly,  unless 

0 

otherwise  arranged  for. 

if  170.  Every  Licentiate  shall  immediately  enter 
upon  the  provided  Course  of  Study,  and  pursue  the 
same  until  completed.  To  this  end  said  Licentiate 
shall  place  himself  or  herself  under  the  direction  of 
the  Superintendent  of  the  Correspondence  Department, 
who  has  charge  of  this  work. 

if  171.  The  Licentiate  pursuing  this  Course  of 
Study  has  work  assigned  by  the  month,  and  examina¬ 
tions  are  given  each  month,  when  the  Candidate  keeps 
up  the  work.  A  yearly  report  of  the  amount  of  work 
completed  each  year  by  the  Licentiate  will  be  sent 
by  the  Superintendent  of  the  Correspondence  Depart¬ 
ment  to  the  resx^ective  Superintendents  of  each  Dis¬ 
trict.  before  the  yearly  Assembly  of  that  District 

if  172.  The  passing  grade  of  any  study  shall  not  be 
less  than  an  average  of  70  per  cent.  All  Grades 
shall,  year  by  year,  be  read  out  in  the  District  As¬ 
sembly,  as  heretofore  provided 


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fl  173.  Wllien  the  Course  of  Study  is  completed,  a 
Diploma,  signed  by  the  Trustees  and  Faculty  of  God’s 
Bible  School,  will  be  granted  each  Candidate.  The 
Superintendent  ot‘  the  Correspondence  Department 
shall  also  send  the  record  of  said  Candidate  to  the 

.1 

Superintendent  of  his  or  her  respective  District,  which 
record  shall  have  primary  consideration  in  deciding 
ui)on  the  fitness  of  the  Candidate  for  Ordination 


fl 174.  While  no  Candidate  for  License  may  be 
ordained  in  less  than  three  years,  except  as  here¬ 
tofore  provided  (H  153),  yet  if  any  Candidate  is 
ahle  to  show  that  he  has  covered  all  or  a  part  of 
tne  Course  of  Study,  he  shall  receive  credit  for  the 
work  which  he  has  done.  But  if  he  shows  a  Diploma 
from  one  of  our  Bible  Schools'  or  from  a  Theological 
Seminary,  or  from  a  College,  he  must  likewise  present 
the  outline  of  the  course  which  he  has  followed, 
that  it  may  be  made  plain  as  to  the  exact  character 
of  the  work  which  he  has  done.  Let  no  one  be 
passed  upon  who  has  not  covered  the  equivalent  of 
every  subject  represented  in  the  Course  of  Study. 

Preliminary  Examination  for  License. 

fl  175,  §  1.  This  shall  be  in  reading,  writing,  and 
spelling  as  heretofore  provided,  and  also  to  ascertain 
the  Standing  of  the  Candidate  in  the  Studies  of  the 
Course. 


fl 176.  Course  of  Study  leading 
Ministers  and  Deaconesses. 

First  Year. 


to  Ordination  of  j 


English — Buehler — Revised  .  80c 

feacher — Training  Lessons — Hurlbut  .  . .  T. .  30c 


Missions-— Clarke  and  The  Missionary  Library. . $2,85 


MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  0.  65 

*-  -  ■  x  s. 

“Life  of  Christ” — John  F.  Stirling  . 60c 

“Acts  and  Epistles” — John  F.  Stirling  . 60c 


Sunday  School  Methods — Hurlbut  .  — 

Manual  .  — 

Reading  Course : 

“Jesus  Is  Coming” — Blackstone  .  75c 

“Life  of  Christ”— Stalkar  . 75c 

“Our  Own  God” — Watson . $1.00 


Second  Year. 


English — Lewis  and  Hosic . $1.00 

Hermeneutics  . . $1.00 

Binney’s  Compend  .  75c 

Old  Testament  History — 'Smith  .  $1.25 

Parliamentary  Law— Roberts  .  75c 

Reading  Course : 

“Church  History” — Zenos  .  $1.10 

“Quiet  Talks  on  Prayer” — Gordon . $1.00 

“Holiness  and.  Power” — Hills . . . $1.00 

Third  Year. 


Jomiletics — Kidder  . $1.25 

Sociology — Crafts  .  $1.50 

Theology — Fields  .  $1.00 

New  Testament  History — Smith . $1.25 

Pastoral  Theology — Ivulp  .  10c 

Comparative  Religion  .  — — 

Reading  Course 

“Christian  Perfection” — -Wesley  .  35c 

“Ministry  of  Healing” — Gordon  .  75c 

“Impressions” — M.  W.  Knapp  . 20c 


§  2.  All  of  these  books  may  be  ordered  from  God’s 
Revivalist  Office,  Ringgold,  Young  and  Channing  Sts.. 
Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


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Special  Advices  to  Ministers. 

fl  177.  John  Wesley’s  “Twelve  Rules  of  a  Helper,”  i 
have  perhaps  never  been  excelled  as  counsel  to  min¬ 
isters,  whether  young  or  old.  These  “Rules”  are,  in 
part,  as  follows: 

1.  Be  diligent.  Never  be  unemployed.  Never 
trifle  away  time;  neither  spend  any  more  time  at 
any  place  than  is  strictly  necessary. 

2.  Be  serious.  Let  your  motto  be,  “Holiness  to 
the  Lord.”  Avoid  all  lightness,  jesting,  and  foolish 
talking. 

3.  Converse  sparingly  and  conduct  yourself  with 
prudence  in  the  presence  of  women.  (1  Tim. 

5:  2.) 

I 

(1).  Quoted  from  A  Preacher's  Manual ,  Ur. 
Adam  Clarke. 

4.  Be  honest.  Keep  out  of  debt;  preach  your  own 
sermons. 

5.  Believe  evil  of  no  one  unless  you  see  it  done, 
take  heed  how  you  credit  it.  Put  the  best  construc¬ 
tion  on  everything. 

6.  Speak  evil  of  no  one:  else  your  words  especially 
will  eat  as  doth  a  canker:  keep  your  thoughts  within 
your  breast  till  you  come  to  the  person  concerned. 

7.  Be  courageous.  Fear  not  to  rebuke  sin  to  its 
face  and  privately  as  well  as  in  the  public  congrega¬ 
tion. 

8.  Flee  all  affectation.  A  Preacher  of  the  Gospel 
should  regard  himself  as  the  servant  of  all. 

9.  Be  ashamed  of  nothing  but  sin.  Let  your 
industry  as  well  as.  your  humility  commend  itself  to 
all. 

10.  Be  punctual.  Do  everything  exactly  at  the 


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time ;  and  keep  our  Covenant,  not  as  a  heavy  duty 
but  for  conscience  *  sake. 

11.  You  have  nothing  to  do  but  to  save  souls : 
therefore  spend  and  be  spent  in  this  work :  and 
go  always  not  only  to  those  who  want  you,  but  to 
those  who  need  you  most. 

12.  It  is  not  your  business  to  preach  merely  a 
certain  number  of  times,  or  take  care  of  this  or  that 
Church;  but  to  save  as  many  souls  as  you  can;  to 
bring  as  many  sinners  as  you  possibly  can  to  re¬ 
pentance,  and  with  all  your  power  to  build  them 
up  in  “holiness,  without  which  no  man  shall  see 
the  Lord.” 

178.  Adam  Clarke,  the  Commentator, -in  “A  Let¬ 
ter  to  a  Preacher,”  makes  many  exceedingly  pertinent 
observations,  which  we  summarize  herewith : 

“Concerning  a  Choice  of  Texts. — Never  take  a 
text  which  you  do  not  fully  understand.  Remember 
you  are  called  not  only  to  explain  the  things  of  God 
but  also  the  words  of  God.  Seldom  take  a  very 
short  text.  Never  take  a  text  out  of  its  setting,  but 
always  give  the  meaning  intended  by  the  Holy  Spirit. 
Beware  of  allegorizing  on  one  side  and  literalizing 
on  the  other. 

“ Concerning  Your  Behavior  in  the  Pulpit  and 
Mode  of  Conducting  the  Public  Service. — Go  from  your 
knees  to  the  service.  Be  careful  how  you  say  things 
to  make  your  congregation  laugh.  Never  assume  an 
air  of  importance  while  in  the  pulpit.  Avoid  fantas¬ 
tic  attitudes.  Endeavor  to  gain  the  attention  of 
your  congregation.  You  are  a  witness  for  God  and 
are  bound  to  tell  the  “truth,  the  whole  truth  and 
nothing  but  the  truth.”  Keep  your  eyes  closed  while 
you  pray.  Read  your  text  distinctly  and  begin  to 


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speak  about  the  middle  of  your  voice.  Be  sure  to 
have  the  matter  of  your  text  well  arranged  in  your 
own  mind  before  you  come  into  the  pulpit.  Preacn 
Jesus  Christ.  Never  ape  any  person  however  promi¬ 
nent  he  may  be  for  piety  or  ministerial  ability. 

“ Concerning  Your  Behavior  on  Your  Circuit  or  at 
the  Place  Where  You  Exercise  Your  Ministny. — Never 
disappoint  a  place.  Be  punctual  in  getting  in 
proper  time  to  the  place  where  you  are  to  be 
entertained.  Do  not  make  a  whole  family  wait  upon 
you.  Never  leave  any  place  you  visit  without  read¬ 
ing  a  portion  of  the  Scripture  and  praying  with  the 
family.  Take  heed  that  while  you  avoid  levity  on 
the  one  hand  you  fall  not  into  sour  godliness  on 
the  other.  Tell  your  secret  trials  and  temptations 
to  very  few.  Never  go  in  debt  for  food,  clothes, 
or  anything  else :  it  is  no  sin  to  die  in  a  ditch 
through  hunger  or  cold :  but  it  is  a  crime  to  go  in 
debt  when  there  is  not  the  fullest  prospect  of  being 
able  to  pay.  Get  a  genuine  friend  whenever  you 
can.  Beware  of  forming  basty  friendships. 

“ Concerning  Your  Behavior  in  the  House  Where 
You  Lodge . — On  your  arrival,  get  as  speedily  as 
possible  to  private  prayer.  Show  yourself  satisfied 
with  everything  you  receive.  Be  punctual  at  meals 
and  rise  when  called.  Be  not  nice  in  your  food. 
Give  the  family  where  you  lodge  as  little  trouble  as 
possible.  Keep  your  room  in  such  an  orderly  manner 
that  everything  will  have  its  place  and  that  even 
your  absence  will  testify  to  the  regularity  of  your 
habits.  Go  out  as  little  as  possible  to  eat  and 
drink.  Go  not  from  house  to  house. 

“ Concerning  the  Cultivation  of  Your  Hind. — Pray 
much,  read  much,  write  much.  Have  always  some 
essay,  dissertation  (Luke  10:7),  etc.,  upon  the 


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anvil ;  and  be  sure  you  finish  whatever  you  under¬ 
take.  Read  the  Bible  regularly  through  at  least 
once  in  the  year ;  and  take  down  in  order  every 
text  you  think  you  have  light  sufficient  to  preach 
from.  Always  carry  a  New  Testament  with  yo" 
No  man  can  fully  explain  the  Bible  who  has  not  v* 
general  acquaintance  with  the  most  important 
sciences  and  arts.  There  are  multitudes  of  texts  in 
that  blessed  Book  which  no  man  can  explain  who 
has  not  a  tolerable  knowledge  of  history,  chronology, 
geography,  astronomy,  anatomy  and  chemistry.  Il¬ 
literate  piety  may  be  useful  in  exhorting  sinners  to 
return  to  God,  but  it  certainly  cannot,  without  im¬ 
mediate  inspiration,  explain  and  apply  the  deep 
things  of  God.  I  think  it  of  great  consequence  to 
a  Preacher  of  the  Gospel  to  be  able  to  read  the  Old 
and  New  Covenants  of  his  God  in  those  languages 
in  which  they  were  originally  given.  The  indolent 
preacher  is  soon  known  by  his  preaching :  he  has 
little  or  no  variety.  That  knowledge  which  has  for 
its  object  God  and  His  works  can  never  rob  you  of 
your  religion  nor  deprive  you  of  your  simplicity; 
but,  on  the  contrary,  will  be  a  powerful  means  of 
increasing  both.” 

fl  179.  All  of  our  Ordained  Ministers  are  exhorted 
to  pursue  the  Course  of  Study  provided  in  this  Man¬ 
ual  unless  they  have  already  finished  equivalent 
studies. 

jf  180.  Every  one  of  our  Ministers  should  have  in 
his  library  for  ready  reference  the  little  pamphlet 
by  Rev.  Geo.  B.  Kulp,  entitled  “Pastoral  Theology,” 
price  ten  cents. 


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Additional  Suggestions. 

ft  181,  $  1.  Let  our  Covenant  be  the  subject  of 
frequent  expository  exhortations. 

$  2.  Systematic  giving  will  never  receive  proper 
attention  from  our  people  unless  clearly  and  fre¬ 
quently  enunciated  from  the  pulpit. 

§  3.  Special  days,  such  as  Christmas,  New  Years, 
Easter,  etc.,  should  be  made  the  occasion  for  ap¬ 
propriate  discourses. 

$  4.  Decency  and  cleanliness  must  not  only  be 
practiced  -by  the  preacher,  but  inculcated  in  his  pub¬ 
lic  preaching. 

§  5.  Congregational  singing  should  receive  care¬ 
ful  attention.  It  should  be  lively,  spiritual  and 
varied  as  to  selection. 

$  6.  Be  careful  whom  you  permit  to  occupy  your 
pulpit  when  you  are  absent.  Every  Preacher  should 
control  his  pulpit. 

§  7.  Frequent  sermons  to  the  children  are  of 
great  value. 

$  8.  The  Pastor  must  not  neglect  his  Sunday- 
school. 

$  9.  When  children  are  converted  they  should 
have  their  own  meetings  and  should  receive  special 
instruction  so  that  they  will  grow  up  not  only  good 
Christians,  but  also  good  International  Holiness  Chris 
tians. 

182.  Constant  emphasis  should  be  placed  ui>oii 
the  fact  that  young  men  and  women  are  needed 
for  the  Gospel  ministry  and  for  missionary  and 
deaconess  work.  To  this  end  the  Pastor  should  seek 
not  only  to  enlist  the  services  of  those  whom  God 
has  specially  called  and  gifted  for  these  offices,  but 
to  recommend  their  attendance  at  some  one  of  our 


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best  holiness  schools  that  they  may  obtain  the  re¬ 
quisite  training. 

183.  The  Pastor  should  have  the  general  over¬ 
sight  of  all  preachers  and  deaconesses  engaged  in 
local  work,  and  whenever  possible  he  shall  secure 
opportunities  for  them  to  exercise  their  gifts.  He 
can  do  this  by  establishing  prayer-meetings,  Sunday- 
schools  and  preaching  points  in  adjacent  communi¬ 
ties.  Cottage  prayer-meetings  among  his  own  mem¬ 
bers  may  also  be  established  in  this  way. 

184.  Our  Pastors  should  not  grant  their  churches 
to  those  claiming  to  be  Missionaries,  or  raising  money 
for  religious  work,  unless  they  are  members  of  our 
church,  or  some  other  straight  evangelical  church, 
and  have  proper  endorsement  from  their  churches,  or 
from  the  District  Superintendents  of  our  church 
where  the  desired  meetings  are  solicited. 

It  is  further  recommended,  that  all  money,  or 
pledges  raised  at  such  meetings,  held  by  such  Mis¬ 
sionaries.  or  religious  workers,  as  above  stated,  shall 
be  taken  into  hand  by  the  Local  Church  Treasurer 
and  sent  to  the  District,  or  General  Missionary 
Treasurer  of  our  church,  and  by  him  sent  to  the 
work  specified. 

U 185,  $  1.  Let  the  Pastors  use  great  care  that 
the  Church  Records  may  be  in  the  hands  of  com¬ 
petent  persons  and  that  they  -may  be  kept  neatly 
and  accurately. 

$  2.  All  Church  papers  should  likewise  be  eared 
for. 

$  3.  The  Pastors  will  greatly  aid  the  gathering 
of  statistics  and  other  reports  by  exhorting  the 
Church  Officers  to  have  them  in  readiness  at  the 
proper  time. 


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U  186.  Pastors  will  receive  large  returns  in  good 
done  by  circulating  our  Manual  among  their  members. 
A  copy  should  be  in  every  home.  They  should  also 
constitute  themselves  agents  for  our  holiness  liter¬ 
ature  such  as  the  books  and  periodicals  published 
by  God’s  Revivalist  Office,  The  International  Holiness 
Advocate  Office,  etc. 

Chapter  XI. 

DEACONESSES  AND  DEACONESS  WORK. 

J|  187.  We  affirm  that  as  God  has  called  some  to 
the  work  of  ministering  His  Word,  so  has  He  also 
placed  His  peculiar  approval,  in  numberless  instances, 
upon  the  setting  apart  of  women  for  labor  in  the 
interest  of  the  souls  and  bodies  of  the  poor,  the 
afflicted,  and  for  other  necessary  services  in  the 
various  departments  of  Home  and  Foreign  Missions. 

fl  188.  Any  sister  may  be  licensed  for  Deaconess 
Work  in  the  same  general  manner  as  Candidates 
are  Licensed  to  Preach  the  Gospel  (H  145). 

U 189.  After  her  License,  she  shall  report  quar¬ 
terly  to  the  District  Superintendent  and  with  her 
third  Quarterly  Report  she  shall  enclose  such  a 

Recommendation  from  the  Local  Advisory  Board  of 
the  Church  with  which  she  is  connected,  as  that 
ordered  for  all  Ministers  (H 155),  except  that  it 
shall  be  on  a  blank  especially  provided  for  that  pur¬ 
pose  by  the  District  Secretary,  said  blanks  to  be  fur¬ 
nished  by  the  General  Secretary. 

H 190.  The  Candidate  for  License  to  Deaconess 
work  shall  be  examined  by  the  Examining  Board, 
according  to  H  169.  In  the  Course  of  Study  she  shall 
be  under  the  direction  of  the  Superintendent  of  the 
Correspondence  Course,  as  in  the  case  of  Licensed 


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[Ministers,  and  after  being  Licensed  for  three  years, 
she  shall  be  reported  to  the  District  Assembly,  with 
Recommendation  for  or  against  her  Ordination,  which 
Recommendation  shall  receive  primary  consideration 
in  deciding  as  to  whether  it  shall  be  granted  or  re¬ 
fused.  Her  Ordination  shall,  in  general,  be  conducted 
exactly  as  though  she  were  to  be  ordained  to  the 
Ministry  of  the  Gospel,  except  that  she  shall  be  set 
apart  for  Deaconess  Work  according  to  the  Form 
provided  in  our  Manual.  (Part  II,  If  209.1 

Coubse  of  Study  fob  Licensed  Deaconesses, 

191.  Preliminary  examination  of  the  Candidate 
in  reading,  writing  and  spelling. 

Correspondence  Course  of  Study  of  God's  Bible 
School,  rr166.  176. 

* 

192.  It  is  suggested  that  Candidates  for  Ordi¬ 
nation  as  Deaconesses  and  all  who  are  now  in  the 
active  work  shall  read  the  Advices  to  Ministers  here 
tofore  provided  in  this  Manual. 

Chapteb  XII. 

FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 

fl  193.  We  urge  upon  our  Ministers  and  upon  the 
Members  of  our  Churches  that  they  pray  earnestly 
for  all  our  Missionaries  on  the  various  fields,  that 
God  may  sustain  them  in  every  trying  hour  and  use 
them  to  speedily  evangelize  the  people  to  whom  they 
are  sent.  Let  us  not  forget  that  Pentecost  produces 
an  immense  interest  in  missionary  work  and  seeks 
to  answer  its  own  prayers  by  an  open  pocket-book. 

fl  194.  Let  all  our  funds  be  sent  direct  to  Rev 
M.  G.  Standley,  1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  the 
Treasurer  of  the  General  Missionary  Board  of  the 
International  Holiness  Church. 


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fl  195.  The  Missionary  Board  of  the  International 
Holiness  Church  shall  be  composed  of  seven  members 
of  the  said  Church,  elected  by  the  General  Council 
Five  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

fl  196.  Duties  of  the  Board. 

$  1.  To  appoint  a  Superintendent  for  the  Field, 
and  a  Board  of  two  other  missionaries,  who  have 
been  on  the  Field  not  less  than  two  years,  to  act  with 
the  Superintendent  on  the  Field  as  a  Council  of  three 
in  all  matters  relating  to  the  placing  of  missionaries, 
opening  up  new  Stations,  the  purchase  of  property 
and  the  governing  of  the  natives. 

$  2.  To  examine  and  approve  all  Candidates.  Ac¬ 
cepted  Candidates  must  receive  the  approval  of  the 
Superintendent  on  the  Field  before  being  sent. 

§  3.  To  take  the  responsibility  for  all  financial 
obligations,  such  as :  fare  to  the  field,  support,  fur¬ 
loughs  ordered  by  the  Board  or  in  the  purchasing  of 
property,  improvements  on  same  or  in  any  extension 
of  the  work  which  would  involve  indebtedness.  The 
Missionary  Board,  under  Counsel  of  the  Superintend¬ 
ent  on  the  Field,  shall  fix  the  allowances  of  all  Mis¬ 
sionaries  on  the  Field. 

If  197.  Reputations  for  Foreign  Missionary  Super¬ 
intendents. 

§  1.  The  Superintendents  of  Foreign  Fields  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  Foreign  Missionary  Board  of 
the  International  Holiness  Church  and  shall  hold 
office  until  the  naming  of  their  successors 

§  2.  They  shall  have  general  oversight  of  the 
work  on  the  Field  to  which  they  are  sent. 

§  3.  He  shall  dispense  to  the  missionaries  the 


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monthly  allowance  as  provided  and  specified  by  the 
Home  Board. 

$  4.  He  shall  call  a  Conference  once  a  year  for 
ten  days  to  which  all  the  missionaries  are  expected 
to  come  for  counsel,  fellowship  and  prayer. 

§  5.  The  Superintendent  shall  neither  purchase 
nor  dispose  of  property,  nor  make  improvements  with¬ 
out  the  consent  of  the  Home  Board,  nor  in  any  wise 
shall  he  involve  the  Home  Board  or  the  Mission  on 
the  Field  in  any  indebtedness  without  the  full  consent 
of  the  said  Board. 

fl  198.  Allowances  of  Missionaries. 

$  1.  The  allowance  of  Missionaries  shall  be  fixed 
at  not  less  than  $60.00  per  month  for  husband  and 
wife,  an  extra  allowance  of  $100.00  per  year  shall 
be  made  for  each  child  under  five  years  of  age,  and 
$180.00  per  year  for  each  child  between  the  ages  of 
five  and  sixteen.  (Children  not  supported  above  the 
age  of  sixteen.)  This  regulation  shall  be  limited  to 
the  support  of  four  children  only  in  each  family. 

.  Gifts  of  money  other  than  Christmas  and  birthday 
offerings  and  from  relatives,  shall  be  handed  in  to 
the  Mission  Treasurer  to  apply  on  the  allowance  of 
said  person. 

11199.  Rules  Concerning  Outgoing  Missionaries 
Qualifications : 

§  1.  Spirituality.  They  shall  be  saved,  sancti¬ 
fied  and  established. 

$  2.  Ability.  They  must  know  how  to  teach  the 
Word  of  God  systematically. 

$  3.  Experience  in  home  work.  They  must  have 
had  at  least  two  years  of  practical  experience. 

$  4.  Adaptability.  Are  they  willing  to  fit  in  any¬ 
where  and  to  obey  the  Superintendent  on  the  Field? 

$  5.  Social  relations.  Are  they  engaged  to  be 
or  have  they  been  married?  Have  they'been  divorced 


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and  if  so  is  the  other  person  still  living?  Are  they 
in  debt  or  under  obligations  to  their  relatives? 

§  6.  Age.  They  should  be  between  twenty-one 
and  thirty,  but  this  rule  should  be  flexibly  applied. 

U  200.  Miscellaneous 

§  1.  Length  of  Time  on  the  Field.  A  year’s  fur¬ 
lough  shall  be  granted  missionaries  at  the  end  of 
seven  years  in  the  mission  work.  Their  full  allow¬ 
ance  shall  be  given  them  while  in  the  homeland,  and 
they  shall  be  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Home 
Board  while  there.  The  Board  shall  have  charge  of 
their  itinerary  in  conducting  meetings,  camps,  Church 
Conventions,  etc. 

.  / 

$  2.  No  Missionary  shall  make  personal  appeals 
through  letters  or  periodicals  for  personal  needs  or 
for  the  Work  without  the  approval  of  the  Home 
Board. 

$  3.  Any  Missionary  leaving  our  Church,  having 
been  on  the  Field  for  less  than  five  years,  shall  re¬ 
imburse  the  Board  for  his  expenses  from  home  to 
his  place  of  labor,  and  it  shall  be  optional  with  the 
Board  as  to  whether  it  shall  call  home  any  Mission¬ 
ary  that  is  inefficient. 

§  4.  Single  Missionaries  shall  be  on  the  Field  for 

at  least  two  years,  and  have  the  approval  of  the  Su¬ 
perintendent  and  Home  Board  and  at  least  one  of 
them  having  a  working  knowledge  of  the  language 
before  getting  married.  (This  rule  is  inserted  for  the 
purpose  of  preventing  undue  financial  obligations  fall¬ 
ing  upon  the  Board.) 

§  5.  Couples  must  be  married  at  least  one  year 
before  being  sent  out  as  Missionaries. 


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77 


fl  201.  All  Missionaries  of  the  International  Holiness 
Church  must  be  endorsed  to  the  General  Superin¬ 
tendent  of  the  International  Holiness  Church,  by  the 
Superintendent  of  the  Missionary  Field,  and  no  mis¬ 
sionary  certificate  shall  be  renewed  without  such  en¬ 
dorsement.  Any  Missionary  not  thus  endorsed  may 
have  the  right  of  appeal  to  the  General  Council 


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PART  TWO 


RITUAL. 

"  -  '  '  . 

H  202  Marriage  Ceremony 

We  are  assembled  in  the  presence  of  God 
and  these  witnesses  to  unite  these  persons  in 
Holy  Matrimony,  an  honorable  estate,  insti¬ 
tuted  of  God  in  the  time  of  man’s  innocency, 
declared  by  the  Lord  to  be  honorable  among 
all  men,  to  be  entered  upon  reverently,  and 

I 

in  the  fear  of  the  Lord ;  therefore,  if  any  among 
you  know  any  reasons  why  these  persons 
should  not  be  thus  united,  speak  now,  or  for¬ 
ever  after  hold  your  peace. 

( To  the  man.)  Wilt  thou  have  this  woman 
to  be  thy  wedded  wife,  to  live  together  after 


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79 


God’s  ordinance  in  the  holy  estate  of  matri¬ 
mony  ?  Wilt  thou  love,  honor,  comfort,  cherish, 
and  forsaking  all  others,  keep  thee  only  unto 
her,  so  long  as  ye  both  shall  live? 

Ans.  I  will. 

(To  the  woman.)  Wilt  thou  have  this  man 
to  be  thy  wedded  husband,  to  live  together 
after  God's  ordinance  in  the  holy  estate  of 
matrimony?  Wilt  thou  love,  honor,  comfort, 
cherish,  and  forsaking  all  others,  keep  thee 
only  unto  him  so  long  as  ye  both  shall  live? 

Ans.  I  will. 

(To  the  man.)  You  will  please  take  the 
lady  by  the  right  hand. 

Forasmuch  as  N -  and  N -  have 

consented  together  in  holy  wedlock,  by  the 
joining  of  hands  in  the  presence  of  God  and 
these  witnesses,  I  therefore  pronounce  them 
husband  and  wife,  in  the  name  of  God  the 
Father,  the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghost.  Whom 
God  hath  joined  together  let  not  man  put 
asunder. 

Prayer : 

May  the  blessing  of  the  Triune  God  rest 
upon  this  husband  and  wife.  Grant  unto  them 
Thy  presence  and  guidance  along  the  pathway 
of  life,  and  grace  to  fulfil'  Thy  thought  con¬ 
cerning  their  lives.  Grant  unto  them,  and  this 


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company  a  place  hereafter  at  the  Marriage 
Supper  of  the  Lamb,  and  unto  Thee  will  we 
ascribe  the  praise,  the  honor,  and  glory  now 
and  evermore,  through  Jesus  Christ.  Amen. 

II 203.  Baptism 

Let  the  minister  read  John  3:  1-8. 

Prayer. 

Let  the  candidate  be  questioned  as  follows : 

Dost  thou  renounce  the  devil  and  all  his 
works,  the  vain  pomp  and  glory  of  the  world, 
with  all  covetous  desires  of  the  same,  and  the 
carnal  desires  of  the  flesh,  so  that  thou  wilt 
not  be  led  by  them  ? 

Ans.  I  renounce  them  all. 

Dost  thou  believe  in  God  the  Father,  and  in 
Jesus  Christ,  His  Son,  our  Lord;  in  the  Holy 
Ghost,  and  in  the  Church  of  God  in  general; 
the  remission  of  sins,  the  resurrection  of  the 
body,  and  everlasting  life  after  death? 

Ans.  .All  this  I  steadfastly  believe. 

Wilt  thou  be  baptized  in  this  faith? 

Ans.  This  is  my  desire. 

Wilt  thou  obediently  keep  God’s  holy  com¬ 
mandments,  and  walk  in  the  same  daily? 

Ans.  I  will  so  do,  God  being  my  helper.  I 

The  minister  asking  the  name  of  the  candi-  I 
date,  shall  baptize  him,  saying:  ! 


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81 


N - ,  I  baptize  thee  in  the  name  of  the 

Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 
Amen. 

Repeat  the  Lord’s  Prayer,  closing  with  ex¬ 
temporary  prayer. 

fi  204.  Baptism  of  Children. 

Where  parents  so  desire,  let  baptism  be  ad¬ 
ministered,  using  the  following  form : 

Read  Mark  10 : 13-16,  and  Matthew  18 :  1-6. 

Then  shall  the  minister  take  the  child  into 
his  hands  and  say  to  the  parents : 

Name  this  child. 

And  then  naming  it  after  them,  he  shall 
baptize  it,  saying : 

N - - - ,  I  baptize  thee  in  the  name  of  the 

Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 
Amen. 

Then  shall  the  Lord’s  Prayer  be  repeated, 
closing  with  extemporary  prayer. 

fl  205.  Consecration  of  Children 

(When  parents  desire  to  consecrate  their 
children,  the  following  form  may  be  used.) 

Read  from  Mark  10 : 13-16 ;  Matthew  18 :  1-6. 

After  the  reading  let  there  be  prayer  as 
follows : 

Almighty  God,  we  here  and  now  dedicate 
+his  child  unto  Thee,  praying  that  he  (or  she) 


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may  be  endued  with  heavenly  virtues,  taught 
by  Thy  Holy  Spirit,  nourished  by  Thy  Word, 
kept  by  Divine  Grace  and  everlastingly  re¬ 
warded  through  Thy  eternal  mercies.  In  the 
name  of  Thy  Son,  Jesus  Christ,  our  Lord  and 
Savior.  Amen. 

Be  pleased,  O  God,  to  grant  unto  this  child 
an  understanding  mind.  May  Thy  providence 
lead  him  (or  her)  through  the  dangers,  tempta¬ 
tions  and  ignorance  of  youth;  may  he  (or  she) 
never  run  into  folly  nor  into  the  evils  of  un¬ 
bridled  appetite;  may  he  (or  she)  be  led  to 
serve  Thee  faithfully,  so  that,  when  he  (or  she) 
has  glorified  Thee  in  his  (or  her)  gener¬ 
ation  and  has  served  Thy  cause  on  earth,  he 
(or  she)  may  be  received  into  Thy  eternal  king¬ 
dom.  Through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.  Amen. 

Benediction,  (2  Cor.  13: 14.) 

H  206.  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper 

No  person  shall  be  admitted  to  the  Lord’s 
Supper  who  is  guilty  of  any  practice  for  which 
we  would  exclude  a  member  of  our  Church. 

Let  the  minister  read  1  Cor.  11:33-34  and;; 
Luke  22 : 14-20.  I 

Prayer  of  consecration,  extemporary. 

Then  let  the  people  be  invited  to  partake 
and  as  the  bread  is  delivered,  let  him  say: 


MANUAL  OF  THE  1  H.  C.  83 

The  body  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  which 
was  given  for  thee,  preserve  thy  soul  and  body 
unto  everlasting  life.  Take  and  eat  in  remem¬ 
brance  that  Christ  died  for  thee,  and  feed  on 
Him  in  thine  heart  by  faith,  and  with  thanks¬ 
giving. 

As  the  cup  is  delivered,  let  the  minister  say : 

The  blood  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  which 
was  shed  for  thee,  preserve  thy  soul  and  body 
unto  everlasting  life.  Drink  this  in  remem¬ 
brance  that  Christ’s  blood  was  shed  for  thee, 
and  be  thou  thankful.  ’  r 

In  closing,  let  the  people  unite  with  the 
minister  in  repeating  the  Lord’s  Prayer,  to  be 
followed  bv  dismissal  as  follows : 

May  the  peace  of  God,  which  passeth  all 
understanding,  keep  your  hearts  and  minds  in 
the  knowledge  and  love  of  God  and  of  His  Son 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord ;  and  the  blessing  of  God 
Almighty,  the  Father,  the  Son  and  the  Holy 
Ghost,  be  among  you  and  remain  with  you  al¬ 
ways.  Amen. 

ij 

U  207.  Burial  of  the  Dead 

In  the  house  or  at  the  church  let  some  of 
the  following  Scriptures  be  read : 

“I  am  the  resurrection,  and  the  life:  he 
that  believeth  on  me,  though  he  were  dead,  yet 


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shall  he  Hve:  aDd  whosoever  liveth  and  be- 1 
lieveth  in  me  shall  never  die.”  (John  11:25,1 
26.) 

“I  know  that  my  Redeemer  liveth,  and  that 
he  shall  stand  at  the  latter  day  upon  the  earth :  j 
and  though  after  my  skin  worms  destroy  this  j 
body,  yet  in  my  flesh  shall  I  see  God :  whom  I  | 
shall  see  for  myself,  and  mine  eyes  shall  behold,  | 
and  not  another.”  (Job  19:25-27.)  I 

“We  brought  nothing  into  the  world,'  and 
it  is  certain  that  we  can  carry  nothing  out.” 
“The  Lord  gave,  and  the  Lord  hath  taken  away ;  J 
blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord.”  (1  Tim. 
6:7.  Job  1:21.)  J 

“Lord,  thou  hast  been  our  dwelling-place 
in  all  generations.  Before  the  mountains  were 
brought  forth,  or  ever  thou  hadst  formed  the 
earth  and  the  world,  even  from  everlasting  to 
everlasting,  thou  art  God.  Thou  turnest  men 
to'  destruction ;  and  sayest,  Return,  ye  children 
of  men.  For  a  thousand  years  in  thy  sight  are 
but  as  yesterday  when  it  is  past,  and  as  a  watch 
in  the  night.  Thou  earnest  them  away  as  with 
a  flood ;  they  are  as  a  sleep ;  in  the  morning 
they  are  like  grass  which  groweth  up.  In  the? 
morning  it  flourisheth  and  groweth  up;  in  the 
evening  it  is  cut  down  and  withereth.”  (Psa. 
90: 1-6.1 


MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  C. 


85 


Other  appropriate  selections  will  be  found 
in  Psa.  39,  1  Cor.  15 :  41-58,  2  Cor.  5 :  1-10, 
1  Thess.  4 :  13-18  and  Rev.  21 :  21-27. 

For  the  death  of  a  child  the  following  Scrip¬ 
tures  may  be  read :  Mark  10 :  13-16,  Matthew 
18:  1-6,  10;  2  Sam.  12:  16-23. 

At  the  grave,  as  the  body  is  laid  away,  let 
the  minister  sav : 

As  it  hath  pleased  the  All-wise  God  to 
take  the  departed  unto  Himself,  we  commit  this 
body  to  the  grave,  looking  for  the  coming  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  when  He  shall  burst  the 
bands  of  death  and  gather  to  Himself  in  the 
skies,  to  the  Marriage  Supper  of  the  Lamb,  all 
those  who  have  made  a  covenant  with  Him  by 
sacrifice.  Even  so,  Lord  Jesus,  come  quickly. 

May  the  grace  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Chrisk  the 
love  of  God  the  Father,  and  the  communion  of 
the  Holy  Spirit  abide  with  us  now  and  ever¬ 
more.  Amen. 

H  208.  Form  of  Ordination 

As  the  congregation  enters  let  the  Council 
of  Ordination  take  their  places  on  the  plat¬ 
form. 

Candidates  for  Ordination  shall  be  seated 
before  the  altar. 

Slinging :  “A  Charge  to  Keep  I  Have.” 


SO  MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  C. 

Prayer  by  a  member  of  the  Council. 

Singing :  “Rock  of  Ages.” 

Scripture  Lessons : 

1  Timothy  3rd  chapter. 

2  Timothy  4th  chapter,  1st  to  8th  verses. 

Titus  3rd  chapter. 

Charge  to  the  candidates ,  and  sermon  on 
the  call  and  work  of  the  ministry.  Candidates 
shall  then  kneel  at  the  altar,  and  while  prayer 
is  being  offered,  the  members  of  the  Council 
shall  severally  lay  their  hands  on  the  head  of 
each  candidate,  after  which  the  General  Super¬ 
intendent  (or  one  authorized  to  act  in  his  place) 
shall  place  the  Bible  in  the  hand  of  the  candi¬ 
date,  saying :  “Take  thou  authority  to  preach 
the  Word  of  God,  and  to  administer  the  sacra¬ 
ments,  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the 
Son,  and  of  the  Holv  Ghost.  Amen.” 

Doxology  and  Benediction. 

U  209.  Form  of  Ordination  of  Deaconesses 

Singing :  “Take  My  Life  and  Let  It  Be.” 

Prayer. 

Singing :  “Rescue  the  Perishing.” 

Address  to  the  Candidates. 

Questions : 

Do  vou  believe  that  vou  are  called  of  God 
to  do  the  work  of  a  Deaconess? 


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37 


Do  you  promise  to  faithfully  perform  the 
duties  of  this  office  as  taught  in  the  Word  of 
God? 

Will  you  strive  to  represent  your  Lord  and 
Master  wherever  you  are  needed,  and  to  go 
where  vou  are  needed  the  most? 

The  minister  in  charge  shall  then  lead  in 
prayer,  candidates  kneeling  at  the  altar,  after 
which  he  shall  take  the  candidate  by  the  hand, 
and  say : 

Thou  art  admitted  to  the  office  of  Deaconess 
in  the  Church  of  God  in  the  name  of  the  Father, 
and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Doxology  and  Benediction. 


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H  210.  APPENDIX  A 


Resolution  adopted  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
1919,  for  tbe  purpose  of  meeting  the  transportation 
and  other  expenses  of  tbe  General  Assembly. 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  of  five  be  appointed, 
•>ne  of  whom  shall  be  designated  as  tbe  Secretary- 
Treasurer.  This  Committee  to  estimate  tbe  amount 
•>f  money  necessary  to  meet  tbe  expense  of  tbe  next 
General  Assembly,  including  tbe  traveling  expenses 
of  members  and  all  other  expenses  incurred  by  tbe 
Assembly. 

That  this  Committee  make  an  apportionment  among 
tbe  churches  of  tbe  various  Districts,  according  to 
tbe  numerical  and  financial  strength  of  each  Local 
Church. 

Tbe  full  amount  of  tbe  apportionment  shall  be 
raised  by  tbe  Pastors  of  tbe  various  Local  Churches, 
and  remitted  by  them  to  tbe  District  Superintendent 
as  follows :  One-third  in  each  of  tbe  three  years 
immediately  following  tbe  General  Assembly,  and 
vsliall  be  promptly  remitted  by  tbe  District  Superin¬ 
tendents  to  tbe  Secretary-Treasurer,  taking  bis  re¬ 
ceipt  for  tbe  same. 

This  money  is  to  be  held  in  trust  by  tbe  Secretary- 
Treasurer.  and  disbursements  made  by  order  of  tbe 
Committee  for  purposes  above  stated  in  tbe  Resolu¬ 
tion.  Tbe  Secretary-Treasurer  to  give  a  final  de¬ 
tailed  statement  of  tbe  receipts  and  expenditures  of 
this  fund  to  each  General  Assembly.  Any  part  of 


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89 


the  above  -apportionment  not  raised  by  the  end  of 
the  third  year  shall  be  reapportioned  and  raised  not 
later  than  the  close  of  the  first  half  of  the  fourth 
year. 

The  traveling  expenses  of  each  member  to  and 
from  the  seat  of  the  General  Assembly  shall  be  paid 
in  the  proportion  that  the  number  of  days  of  his 
attendance  is  to  the  number  of  days  of  the  session 
of  the  General  Assembly.  The  only  exception  being 
on  account  of  the  personal  sickness  of  the  member, 
the  exception  to  be  determined  by  the  Committee. 
Railroad  fares  to  be  limited  to  day  coach  rate,  and 
not  to  exceed  one  thousand  miles  to  and  from  the 
Assembly. 

Xo  Minister  or  Deaconess  not  actively  and  regularly 
engaged  in  church  work  shall  be  entitled  to  benefit 
from  this  fund,  unless  he  or  she  come  as  an  accred¬ 
ited  lay  delegate.  By  “actively  engaged”  means  do¬ 
ing  pastoral  work  for  churches  or  missions,  or  de¬ 
voting  their  time  to  evangelistic  labors.  Local 
church  work,  such  '  as  conducting  prayer-meetings, 
Class-meetings,  and  doing  Sunday-school  work,  does 
not  apply  here. 

U  211.  Sub- Appendix  A. 

At  the  District  Assemblies  immediately  preceding 
the  General  Assemblj’,  let  the  District  Superintend¬ 
ents  prepare  two  lists  of  all  the  Ministers  and 
Deaconesses  of  their  respective  Districts,  properly 
classified,  alphabetically  arranged,  giving  correct  ad¬ 
dress,  .and  typewritten,  if  possible,  for  presentation 
to  the  General  Secretary  at  the  General  Assembly 
for  insertion  in  the  Manual  and  the  Minutes  of  the 
General  Assembly. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  C. 


HO 


U  212.  APrENDIX  B. 


Conveyance  of  Church  Property. 

In  states  where  church  property  is  required  to 
he  held  by  trustees,  let  all  deeds  be  made  -to  the 
trustees,  naming  them,  and  their  successors  in  office, 
followed  by  these  words :  “In  trust  for  the  use  and 
benefit  of  the  ministry  and  membership  of  the  Inter¬ 
national  Holiness  Church  in  the  United  States 
of  America,  subject  to  the  Manual  and  usage 
of  said  church,  as  from  time  to  time  authorized  and 
declared ;  and,  if  sold,  the  proceeds  shall  be  disposed 
of  and  used  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  said 
Manual. 

Form  for  Bequest  of  Money  or  Personal  Property. 

(1)  I  give  and  bequeath  to  “The  International 

Holiness  Church,”  a  corporation  created  and 
existing  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  State 
of  Michigan,  the  sum  of  -  dollars  (or  if  per¬ 

sonal  property,  notes,  bonds,  etc.,  describe  the  same), 
and  the  receipt  of  the  treasurer  of  the  said  corpora¬ 
tion  shall  be  a  full  and  sufficient  discharge  to-  my 
executor  for  the  same. 

Form  of  a  Devise  of  Land. 

(2)  I  give,  bequeath,  and  devise  to  The  Interna¬ 
tional  Holiness  Church,  a  corporation  created  and 


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!)1 

existing  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  State 
of  Michigan,  the  following  described  lands  and  prem¬ 
ises,  viz.: - ,  to  have  and  to 

hold  the  same,  with  the  privileges  and  appurtenances 
unto  said  corporation,  its  successors  and  assigns  for¬ 
ever. 

Foem  of  Devise  of  Rfsiduaey  Estate  or  Any 

Part  Thereof. 

(3)  I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  The  Interna¬ 
tional  Holiness  Church,  a  corporation  created  and 
existing  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  State 
of  Michigan,  all  (or  some  specific  part  of)  the  rest, 
residue  or  remainder  of  my  estate,  real  or  personal, 
to  have  and  hold  the  same,  with  the  privileges  and 
appurtenances,  unto  said  corporation,  its  successors 
and  assigns  forever,  and  the  receipt  of  the  treasurer 
of  said  corporation  shall  be  a  full  and  sufficient  dis¬ 
charge  to  my  executor  for  money  and  personal  prop¬ 
erty. 

(4)  Note:  All  property  deeded  to  the  Interna¬ 
tional  Holiness  Church  should  be  made  to  corre¬ 
spond  to  the  form  of  deed  in  this  Appendix. 

H  213.  SUB-APPENDIX  B. 

Church  Property. 

(1)  Orphanage  Property . 

Bethel  Holiness  Orphanage,  located  at  Carlinville. 
Ill.,  shall  be  managed  by  a  Board  of  Trustees,  elected 
by  the  General  Assembly,  to  hold  office  until  their 
successors  are  elected,  and  according  to  the  Manual 
of  the  International  Holiness  Church  and  the  in¬ 
corporated  laws  of  the  state  of  Illinois.  Said  Board 


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shall  have  control  of  property,  receive  donations ; 
they  shall  also  have  full  power  to  manage  the  Home, 
to  appoint  a  Superintendent,  Matron,  and  Assistant 
Matron,  teachers,  treasurer,  and  secretary. 

A  written  Report  shall  be  made  to  the  General 
Assembly.  ^ 

(2)  Rescue  Home. 

The  Beulah  Rescue  Home,  located  at  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
shall  be  managed  by  a  Board  of  Trustees,  elected  by 
the  Genera]  Assembly.  The  same  shall  hold  office 
until  their  successors  are  elected  and  according  to  the 
incorporate  laws  of  the  state  where  located ;  said 
Board  shall  hold  all  property  in  trust  for  the  Gen¬ 
eral  Assembly  of  the  International  Holiness  Church, 
look  after  all  bequests,  and  use  the  same  to  the 
best  interests  of  the  Home. 

A  written  Report  shall  be  made  to  the  General  As¬ 
sembly.  4 

(3)  Church  School  Property. 

Kingswood  College,  located  at  Kings  wood,  Ky.,  shall 
be  managed  by  a  Board  of  Trustees,  elected  for  that 
purpose  by  the  General  Assembly,  the  same  to  hold 
office  until  their  successors  are  elected,  and  according 
to  the  Manual  of  the  International  Holiness  Church. 
Said  Board  shall  hold  in  trust  all  property  of  the 
School  for  the  General  Assembly  of  the  International 
Holiness  Church,  and  shall  look  after  the  property 
and  interest  of  the  School. 

If  any  other  District  School  should  desire  to  be¬ 
come  a  Church  School,  it  shall  come  under  the  super¬ 
vision  of  the  same  Board  of  Trustees,  ^  I 


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A  written  Report  shall  be  given  to  the  General 
Assembly. 

(4)  “ International  Holiness  Advocate” 

The  “ International  Holiness  Advocate”  the  official 
organ  of  the  International  Holiness  Church,  is  the 
result  of  the  merging  of  the  interests  of  the  “Apos¬ 
tolic  Messenger,”  “A  Voice  from  Canaan ,’  and  other 
District  papers.  This  paper  shall  be  made  a  sixteen- 
page  paper,  and  the  subscription  price  advanced  to 
meet  the  cost  of  publication. 

The  official  organ  shall  remain  under  the  present 
management  until  the  General  Assembly  see  fit  to 
change  the  same. 

The  Board  of  Publication,  appointed  at  the  last 
General  Assembly,  shall  perfect  as  far  as  possible  a 
financial  plan,  and  secure  a  central  place  for  our 
Publishing  House.  Until  a  more  convenient  loca- 
tion  is  secured,  the  Publishing  House  shall  remain 
at  Greensboro,  X.  C. 

All  of  our  Pastors,  Evangelists,  and  workers  are 
urged  to  push  our  Church  Paper  by  becoming  agents 
for  it. 

All  correspondence  relative  to  subscriptions,  etc., 
should  be  made  with  Rev.  S.  S.  Nelson,  Editor  and 
Business  Manager,  present  address,  D00  Silver  Run 
Ave.,  Greensboro,  X.  C. 


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H  214.  APPENDIX  C. 


Order  of  Business  Meeting. 

1.  Open  with  song  and  prayer. 

2.  Reading  of  minutes  of  previous  meetings. 

3.  Reports. 

4.  Reports  of  Committees. 

5.  Unfinished  business. 

6.  New  business. 

7.  Applications  for  membership. 

8.  Questions  of  finance,  such  as,  pastors’  support 
and  incidental  expenses. 

9.  The  hearing  of  any  complaints  as  to  members 
not  in  good  standing. 

10.  Miscellaneous  business. 

11.  Dismiss  with  prayer 


215.  RULES  OF  ORDER  OF  THE  GENERAL 

ASSEMBLY 

Organization. 

Rule  1.  When  a  General  Assembly  shall  have 
been  convened  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
the  Manual,  after  the  Devotional  Services,  the  call 
of  the  roll  shall  be  made  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
preceding  General  Assembly  in  the  following  manner : 

(a)  The  names  of  the  General  Superintendent,  and 
those  of  the  Assistant  General  Superintendents. 

(b)  The  roll  of  members  by  Districts.  If  no  ab¬ 
sentees,  the  Secretary  shall  record  all  the  dele¬ 
gates  of  that  District  as  present.  And,  if  a  quorum 
is  present,  proceed  to  business. 

(c)  Two-thirds  of  the  enrollment  shall  constitute 
a  quorum. 

Time  of  Meeting,  Recess  and  Adjournment 

Rule  2.  After  the  opening  session,  the  General 
Assembly  shall  meet  at  8  :00  o’clock  a.  m.,  and  adjourn 
at  11 :30  o’clock  a.  m.,  and  reconvene  at  1 :30,  and 
adjourn  at  5  o’clock  p.  in. ;  but  the  General  Assem¬ 
bly,  at  its  discretion,  may  alter  the  time  of  meeting, 
and  may  adjourn,  and  fix  the  time  to  which  it  shall 
adjourn.  A  recess  of  ten  minutes  sh-all  be  taken  at 
10:00  o'clock  a.  m.,  unless  otherwise  ordered. 

The  President 

Rule  3.  The  Chairman  shall  take  the  chair  pre¬ 
cisely  at  the  hour  to  which  the  General  Assembly 

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stood  adjourned,  and  cause  the  session  to  be  opened 
by  the  reading  of  the  Scriptures,  singing  and  prayer. 
He  shall  have  the  roll  called,  and  if  a  quorum  is 
present,  see  that  the  business  of  the  Assembly  pro¬ 
ceed  regularly,  according  to  the  rules  of  order,  and 
such  other  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  adopted 
by  the  General  Assembly. 

Rule  4.  The  Chairman  shall  decide  all  questions 
of  order,  subject  to  an  appeal  to  the  General  Assem¬ 
bly.  In  case  of  such  an  appeal,  the  question  shall 
be  taken  without  debate,  except  that  the  President 
may  state  the  grounds  of  his  decision,  and  the  ap¬ 
pelant  may  state  the  grounds  of  his  appeal. 

Rule  5.  The  Chairman  shall  appoint  all  commit¬ 
tees,  unless  otherwise  especially  ordered  by  the  As¬ 
sembly. 

Rule  6.  On  assigning  the  floor  to  a  member,  the 
Chairman  shall  distinctly  announce  the  name  of  the 
delegate  and  of  the  District  which  he  represents. 


Order  of  Business 


Rule  7.  The  regular  order  of  business  shall  be 

(1)  Devotional  services. 

(2)  Roll  call. 

(3)  Reading  of  the  journal  of  the  preceding 
session,  and  action  thereon. 

(4)  The  calling  of  the  roll  of  the  Assembly  i 
alphabetical  order,  for  the  presentation  of  a] 
peals,  resolutions,  and  miscellaneous  busines] 
for  immediate  passage. 

(a)  When  a  proposition  has  been  presente j 
under  the  call  of  districts,  and  before  the  pel] 
son  who  introduced  the  proposition  shall  spea 
the  question  of  consideration  may  be  raised  II 


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a  member  saying:  “Mr.  Chairman,  on  that  I 
raise  the  question  of  consideration.’’  The  ques¬ 
tion  of  consideration  shall  then  be  put  without 
debate,  and  if  there  is  a  two-thirds  vote  against 
consideration,  the  proposition  shall  not  be  en¬ 
tertained  ;  but  if  consideration  be  not  denied, 
the  person  introducing  the  proposition  may 
speak  to  it  if  it  be  seconded. 

(5)  After  the  person  introducing  the  proposi¬ 
tion  has  spoken,  a  motion  to  refer,  if  made, 
shall  be  decided  without  debate. 

(5)  Call  of  standing  committees  for  restarts.' 

(6)  Call  for  special  committees  for  reports. 

(7)  Call  of  miscellaneous  business. 

These  calls  shall  be  made  in  the  order  herein 
given,  and  shall  be  severally  completed  before  the 
introduction  of  other  business,  except  by  a  formal 
suspension  of  the  rules.  They  shall  be  repeated  in 
the  same  order,  until  dispensed  with  by  a  formal 
vote. 

I  Duties  and  Privileges  of  Members 

Rule  8.  When  a  member  is  about  to  speak  in 
debate,  or  to  deliver  any  matter  to  the  General  As¬ 
sembly,  he  shall  rise  and  respectfully  address  the 
Chair,  but  shall  not  proceed  until  recognized  by  him. 
The  member  must  address  the  Chair  from  his  place. 

Rule  9.  No  member  shall  be  interrupted  when 
speaking  except  by  the  President,  to  call  him  to 
order  when  he  departs  from  the  question,  or  uses 
personalities,  or  unbecoming  language ;  but  %ny 

imember  may  call  the  attention  of  the  Chair  to  the 
ubject,  when  he  deems  a  speaker  out  of  order,  and 
rmy  member  may  explain  when  he  thinks  himself  mis- 
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Rule  10.  When  a  member  desires  to  speak  to  a 
question  of  privilege,  he  shall  briefly  state  the  ques¬ 
tion  ;  but  it  shall  not  be  in  order  for  him  to  proceed 
until  the  Chair  shall  have  decided  that  it  is  a  privil- 
edged  question.  Questions  of  privilege  are  limited  to 
matters  relating  to  the  rights  and  welfare  of  the  indi¬ 
vidual,  as  a  member  or  of  the  whole  body, 'and  must 
be  of  such  an  imperative  character  as  to  justify  the 
interruption  of  the  regular  order. 

It  shall  be  the  imperative  duty  of  the  Chair  to 
require  the  member  who  desires  to  speak  to  a  ques¬ 
tion  of  privilege,  to  state  his  question  of  privilege. 
This  having  been  done,  the  Chair  shall  decide  whether 
it  shall  be  allowed ;  and,  if  it  be  allowed,  shall  hold 
the  member  closely  to  the  subject. 

Rule  11.  No  person  shall  speak  more  than  once 
on  the  same  question,  until  every  member  who 
chooses  to  speak  shall  have  spoken ;  nor  shall  any 
member  speak  more  than  twice  on  the  same  question 
nor  more  than  ten  minutes  at  one  time,  without  leave 
of  the  General  Assembly. 

Provided,  however,  That  a  committee  making  f 
report  through  its  Chairman  or  one  of  its  member: 
selected  by  the  committee,  or  by  its  Chairman,  shal 
be  entitled  to  ten  minutes  to  close  the  debate. 


Motions  and  Resolutions 


Rule  12.  Resolutions  shall  be  written  and  pr< 
sented  in  duplicate  by  the  mover.  A  motion  sba 
be  reduced  to  writing  if  the  Chair  or  Secretai  | 
request  it. 

Rule  13.  All  written  motions,  reports,  and  comm  | 
nications  to  the  General  Assembly,  shall  be  pass 


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to  the  Secretary,  to  be  read  by  him  to  the  General 
Assembly. 

Rule  14.  (1)  The  following  motions  shall  be  taken 

without  debate : 

(1)  To  adjourn. 

(2)  To  suspend  the  rules. 

(3)  To  lay  on  the  table. 

(4)  To  take  from  the  table. 

(5)  To  raise  the  question  of  consideration. 

(6)  To  call  for  the  previous  question. 

(7)  To  reconsider  a  non-debatable  motion. 

(8)  To  refer  under  rule  7,  section  (4),  division  (b). 

Rule  14.  (2)  When  a  motion  is  made  and  sec¬ 

onded.  or  a  resolution  introduced  and  seconded,  or  a 
part  presented  and  read  by  the  Secretary,  or  stated 
by  the  President,  it  shall  be  deemed  in  possession  of 
the  Assembly. 

Rule  15.  No  new  motion  or  resolution  shall  be 
entertained  until  the  one  under  consideration  has 
been  disposed  of,  which  may  be  done  by  adoption  or 
rejection ;  but  one  or  more  of  the  following  motions 
may  be  made,  and  they  shall  have  precedence  in  the 
order  in  which  they  are  given,  viz. : 

(1)  To  fix  the  time  to  which  the  General  Assembly 
shall  adjourn.  (May  be  amended,  substituted,  or 
laid  on  the  table.) 

(2)  To  adjourn. 

(3)  To  take  a  recess.  _ 

(4)  To  lay  on  the  table. 

(5)  To  order  the  previous  question  (cannot  be 
laid  on  the  table). 

(6)  To  postpone  to  a  given  time. 

(7)  To  refer. 

(8)  To  substitute. 


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(9)  To  amend. 

(10)  To  postpone  indefinitely. 

Rule  16.  Only  one  amendment  to  an  amendment 
shall  be  in  order,  but  then  it  shall  be  in  order  to 
move  a  substitute  for  the  main  question,  and  one 
amendment  to  the  substitute,  and  if  the  substitute  is 
accepted,  it  shall  replace  the  original  proposition. 

Rule  17.  When  a  vote  is  about  to  be  taken,  any 
member  shall  have  the  right  to  call  for  the  division 
of  a  question,  if  it  be  divisible  into  distinct  proposi¬ 
tions. 

Rule  18.  The  motion  to  adjourn  shall  be  taken 
without  debate,  and  shall  always  be  in  order,  except 

(1)  When  a  member  has  the  floor. 

(2)  When  a  question  is  actually  put,  or  a  vote  is 
being  taken,  or  until  finally  decided. 

(3)  When  a  question  is  pending  on  sustaining  the 
demand  for  the  previous  question. 

(4)  When  a  previous  question  has  been  called  and 
sustained,  and  action  under  it  is  pending. 

(5)  When  a  motion  to  adjourn  has  been  nega¬ 
tived,  and  no  business  or  debate  has  intervened. 

(6)  When  a  motion  to  fix  the  time  to  which  the 
General  Assembly  shall  adjourn  is  pending. 

Voting 

Rule  19.  Every  member  who  is  within  the  bar  at 
the  time  the  question  is  put  shall  vote,  unless,  for 
special  reasons,  excused  by  the  General  Assembly. 

Rule  20.  No  delegate  shall  leave  the  Assembly 
without  the  consent  of  the  Assembly. 

Rule  21.  Voting  shall  be  by  the  uplifted  hand, 
or  may  also  be  taken  by  ballot,  and  by  “Ayes”  and 
“Noes,”  excepting  all  officers  and  members  of  the 
General  Council  shall  be  elected  by  ballot,  without 


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•  all  the  votes  cast  is 

nominations  it  *  « »  y  tlie  seven  persons 

til  there  is  an  election.  proceedings 

in  all  matters  not  £  by  Com- 

of  the  General  Assembly  shall  be  go 

mon  Parliamentary  Law.  nded  at  any  time  by  a 
These  rules  may  b  pe  rs  present  and 

vote  of  three-fourth  or  tue 

voting.  j  L  KENNETT, 

J.  F.  WOODS, 


at  n 


cjrn  a  MTIT  /RY. 


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fl  216.  Official  Record. 

(1)  Genera l  Council  of  the  International  Holiness 

Church,  1019-1923. 


General  Superintendent. 

Rev.  George  B.  Kulp,  112  Battle  Creek  Ave.. 

Battle  Creek,  Mich 

Assistant  General  Superintendents. 

Rev.  C.  C.  Brown,  Mattoon,  Ill. 

Rev.  W.  R.  Cox, 

900  Silver  Run  Ave.,  Greensboro.  N.  C 

General  Secretary-Treasurer. 

Rev.  J.  E.  Strong,  251  Lake  Ave., 

Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

Assistant  General  Secretary. 

Rev.  Charles  E.  Cliff, 

30  Corwin  St.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

Advisory  Members  of  the  General  Council 

Rev.  M.  G.  Standley,  1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Rev.  D.  C.  Shearer,  Russiaville,  Ind.,  R.  F.  D. 
Rev.  Albert  M.  Ewing,  Frankfort,  Ind. 

Rev.  S.  S.  Nelson,  900  Silver  Run  Ave.,  Greens¬ 
boro,  N.  C. 

Rev.  E.  E.  Smith,  Rossbur^,  O.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  1, 
Box  166. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  C. 

(2)  General  Missionary  Board. 


103 


Rev.  George  B.  Ivulp,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

Rev.  M.  G.  Sfcandley,  Treasurer,  Cincinnati,  O 
Mrs.  M.  W.  Knapp,  1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 
Rev.  C.  C.  Brown,  Mattoon,  Ill. 

Rev.  Melvin  Pratt,  3301  Bell  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Rev.  S.  S.  Nelson,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Rev.  H.  J.  Olsen,  Trappe,  Md. 

(3)  Special  Committees. 

(a)  On  Transportation  and  Assembly  Expense: 
Rev.  S.  M.  Stikeleather,  Kingswood,  Ky. 

Rev.  J.  F.  Woods,  Huntington,  W.  Ya. 

Rev.  C.  C.  McNall,  Athens,  O. 

Rev.  J.  C.  Brill  hart,  Nelsonville,  O. 

Rev.  E.  E.  Smith,  Rossburg,  O. 

(b)  Railroad  Secretary-Treasurer. 

Rev.  E.  E.  Smith,  Rossburg,  O.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  1, 
Box  16G. 

(c)  Board  of  Education. 

Rev.  C.  G.  Taylor,  Owosso,  Mich. 

Rev.  H.  P.  Thomas,  Kingswood,  Ky. 

Rev.  Lowell  Coate,  3103  Bell  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  R.  Cox,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Rev.  S.  S.  Nelson,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

(d)  Board  of  Publication. 

Rev.  Albert  M.  Ewing,  Frankfort,  Ind. 

Rev.  S.  M.  Stikeleather,  Kingswood,  Ky. 

Rev.  C.  G.  Taylor,  Owosso,  Mich. 

Rev.  H.  A.  Saneholtz,  416  Rehr  St.,  Reading.  Pa. 
Rev.  J.  L.  Kennett,  Dayton,  O. 

Editor  and  Business  Manager  of  the  “Intprnational 


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Holiness  Advocate,”  Rev.  S.  S.  Nelson,  900  Silver 
Run  Ave.,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

(e)  Home  Missionary  Board. 

W.  R.  <Jox,  A.  A.  Price,  J.  V.  Coleman,  J.  L.  Crouse, 
J.  A.  Clarke,  M.  F.  Pratt,  I.  J.  Snyder. 

(f)  Boards  of  St.  Louis  Rescue  Home,  and  Carlin- 

ville  Orphanage. 

(1)  Board  of  Directors. 

Melvin  Pratt,  Mrs.  Melvin  Pratt,  Mrs.  E  R.  Stew¬ 
art,  Charles  Culberson,  Charles  Slater,  P.  F.  Elliott, 
C.  C.  Brown,  H.  W.  Cochran,  D.  C.  Shearer,  C.  G. 
Taylor,  Deborah  Wharton,  Beryl  Weismantle. 

(2)  Board  of  Trustees. 

M.  F.  Pratt,  Mrs.  M.  F.  Pratt,  E.  R.  Stewart,  Mrs. 
E.  R.  Stewart,  Charles  Culberson,  Charles  Slater.  C. 
C.  Brown,  H.  W.  Cochran. 

(3)  Executive  Committee. 

M.  F.  Pratt,  Mrs.  M.  F.  Pratt,  E.  R.  Stewart,  Mrs 
E.  R.  Stewart,  C.  C.  Brown. 

(g)  Board  of  Trustees  for  Bethel  Holiness  Or- 

__  phanage. 

C.  C.  Brown,  D.  C.  Shearer,  W.  R.  Cox,  J.  W 
Youngman,  H.  W.  Cochran,  M.  F.  Pratt,  O.  C.  Myers. 

(h)  Board  of  Trustees  for  Kingswood  College. 

J.  F.  Woods,  H.  P.  Thomas,  H.  W.  Cochran,  G.  L. 
Wellman,  R.  W.  Chatfield,  S.  M.  Stikeleatker,  Win 
Duncan. 

(i)  Editorial  Committee  on  Manual. 

C.  C.  McNall,  E.  E.  Smith,  J.  C.  Brillhart. 


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INTERNATIONAL  HOLINESS  CHURCH 


IDAHO  DISTRICT 
Ordained 

Dodge,  W.  H..  . .  Post  Falls,  Idaho 

Goss,  Ida  . 1228  E.  Pacific  St.,  Spokane,  Wash. 

Henry,  J.  E . S07  C  St.,  Coeur  D’Alene,  Idaho 

Henry,  Mrs.  Margaret  (Same) 

Hiles,  L.  C . .  Athol,  Idaho 

Hiles,  Mrs.  L.  C.  (Same) 

Horning,  W.  J .  309  4th  Ave.,  N.  Yakima,  Wash. 

Richardson,  Henry.  .2317  W.  4th  Ave.,  Seattle,  Wash. 
Schweitzer,  M . Rathdrum,  Idaho 

Licensed 


Busch,  J.  B . Maple  Valley,  Wash 

Gault,  Oliver  .  Athol,  Idaho 

Kencke,  B.  F .  Harrison,  Idaho 

Licensed  Deaconess 

Clark,  Mrs.  Nettie .  Athol,  Idaho 

ILLINOIS  DISTRICT 

Ordained 

Brown,  C.  C .  Mattoon,  Ill. 

Brown,  Myrtle  .  Mattoon,  Ill. 

Coffin,  John  .  Ovargo,  Ill. 

Culberson,  C.  E . 6149  Bertha  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Farris,  E.  H . St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Hall,  W.  M . Charleston,  Ill.,  R.  F.  D. 


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Higgs,  A.  E..  .Livingston,  Guatemala,  Cental  America 

Lacy,  S.  E .  2700  Stoddard  St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Myers,  O.  C . 736  W.  Main  St.,  Carlinville,  Ill. 

Myers,  Mary  Y.  (Same) 

Myers,  Frank  (Same) 

Oliver,  Lillie  . . . . Hartsville,  Ind. 

Pratt,  M.  F . 3103  Bell  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Pratt,  William  .  Dow,  Ill. 

Keed,  Fred  . . .  .529  Collinsville  Ave.,  E.  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Shearer,  D.  C . E.  F.  D.  No.  1,  Russiaville,  Ind. 

Shearer,  Alma.  (Same) 

Sexton,  W.  A . 3103  Bell  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Shipley,  J . » .  Robinson,  Ill. 

Wharton,  Deborah . 3103  Bell  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Youngman,.  John.  ..  .736  W.  Main  St.,  Carlinville,  Ill. 

Licensed 

Auxier,  Mariam.  ..  .736  W.  Main  St.,  Carlinville,  Ill. 


Andrews,  Flo .  Osgood,  Ind. 

Bryant,  Shelby  .  Carlinville,  Ill. 

Breen,  Charles . Charleston,  Ill. 

Coffin,  Grace  .  Ovargo,  Ill. 

Coate,  Lowell . 3103  Bell  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Huddleston,  Luther  .  Robinson,  Ill. 

Henschen,  Walter . 3103  Bell  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Halpin,  Lucy . .Greenville,  Ill. 

Jeff  rev,  R.  E. 

Jeffrey,  Alma 

Kirkpatrick,  A.  J . Mattoon,  Ill. 

Leffler,  C.  A . Effingham,  Ill. 

Lee,  Ethel 

Lindsey,  Floyd . 606  Leavitt  St.,  Jerseyville,  Ill. 

Swenson,  Eda  . 736  W.  Main  St.,  Carlinville,  Ill. 

Wright,  Clem  .  Charleston,  Ill. 


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Wright,  Alma  . .  Charlatan,  Ill. 

Haines,  Mildred  -  .277  Southern  Ave.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

INDIANA  DISTRICT 
Ordained 

Adams,  Harry  .  Tyner,  Ind. 

Adams,  W.  S . Seeleyville,  Ind. 

Akers,  J.  A . Harmony,  Ind. 

immerman,  I.  N .  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Bradshaw,  N .  Carlinville,  Ind. 

Burroughs,  E.  C .  Sullivan,  Ind. 

Bingaman,  Edward . Lawrenceburg,  Ind. 

Bradley,  W,  E .  Sheboygan,  Wis. 

Brichette,  P .  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Bland,  S.  W .  Linton,  Ind. 

Buck,  E.  L . Jackson,  Mich. 

Barnes,  O.  W .  2501  S.  A  St.,  Elwood,  Ind. 

Booth,  James  .  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Cbatfield.  R.  W . 1126  King  Ave.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Canary,  W.  C .  Bicknell,  Ind. 

Clem,  E.  J . Kokomo,  Ind. 

Cornelius,  H.  M . Anderson,  Ind. 

Cornelius,  E.  M . 3103  Bell  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Crute,  L.  F .  Michigan  City,  Ind. 

Chamberlain,  G.  W . 4, . Forest.  Ind. 

Calahan,  F.  A .  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Cruser,  J .  Linton,  Ind. 

Clark,  Elmer  .  Bloomington,  Ind. 

Clark,  John  W.. .  Frankfort,  Ind. 

Cochran,  H.  W .  E.  Enterprise,  Ind. 

Carl,  John  .  Newton  Stewart,  Ind. 

Bye,  Clarence . Sullivan,  Ind. 

Davis,  E.  D . North  Vernon,  Ind. 


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Dean,  William  S .  Cory,  Ind. 

Dean,  Mrs.  William  S.  (Same) 

Ewing,  A.  M . Frankfort.  Ind. 

Ewers,  Edwin  F .  Frankfort,  Ind. 

Ewers,  Ella  (Same) 

Eacret,  J.  0 .  Lawrenceburg,  Ind. 

Force,  L.  C .  Amboy,  Ind. 

Fonts,  C.  A .  Wabash,  Ind. 

Frye,  W.  A .  Verona,  Ohio 

Franklin,  Ida  .  Sheboygan,  Wis. 

French,  Marion  .  Logansport,  Ind. 

Fulkerson,  E .  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Goins,  Lee . Elwood,  Ind. 

Glispy,  James . Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Glispy,  Charlotte, .  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Jroshart,  G.  W . Mitchell,  Ind. 

Hart,  Alice  M .  Hartsville,  Ind. 

Huff,  George  .  Sullivan,  Ind. 

Hines,  Anna .  Anderson,  Ind. 

Harrington,  L.  B .  Atwater,  Cal. 

Harrell,  C.  E .  Miami,  Ind. 

Honchell,  Floyd  .  Muncie,  Ind 

Jewell,  W.  S .  Sullivan,  Ind. 

Jackson,  H.  B . Alfredsville,  Ind. 

Ketclium,  W.  E .  Greensburg,  Ind. 

Klepper,  Kyrie  .  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Leffell,  E.  F .  Springfield,  Ind. 

Middleton,  G.  C .  Olivet,  Ind. 

Morris,  Lowell . 808  Bium  Ave.,  Frankfort,  Ind. 

McIntosh,  J.  J .  Tipton,  Ind. 

Morris,  J.  F .  Frankton,  Ind. 

Morris,  Tillie  (Same) 

Morris,  Frank  .  813  E.  St.  Whitley,  Muncie,  Ind. 

Moore,  S . Wabash,  Ind 


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Montgomery,  Area  . W.  Grove  St.,  Muncie,  Ind. 

Montgomery,  Orla.  .615  E.  15th  St.,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Ogle,  J.  E .  Sheridan,  Ind. 

Pendry,  E.  L .  Columbus,  Ind. 

Plunkett,  Arthur  .  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Plunkett,  Sarah  . Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Pursley,  James  .  Anderson,  Ind. 

Polle,  Charles  .  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Prather,  E.  O .  Muncie,  Ind. 

Perry,  J.  N .  Union  City,  Ind. 

Eunnels,  Perry  . .  New  Carlisle,  Ind. 

Ehoades,  E.  C. 

Ehoades,  Lucinda  .  Harts\ille,  Ind. 

Eoberts,  Lillian  .  Columbus,  Ohio 

Eodgers,  Lillian  . , .  . .  California 

Eees,  O.  W . Greenfield,  Ind. 

Siberal,  J.  H.  . .  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Schoeff,  Edward  .  Elwood,  Ind. 

Snyder,  I.  J . Sullivan.  Ind. 

j  Sailors,  D.  L .  Eushville,  Ind. 

Summerville,  J.  J .  Watervlier,  Mich. 

Shue,  J .  Lebanon,  Ind. 

Shearer,  D.  C .  Eussiaville,  Ind. 

Smith,  Plen  .  West  Terre  Haute,  Ind 

Thornton,  J.  L .  Letts,  Ind. 

Trout,  J.  W .  Eldwood,  Ind. 

Toney,  Oliver  .  Frankfort,  Ind. 

Williams,  John  Wr .  Greenfield,  Ind. 

iVright,  E.  W . 1561  S.  20th  St.,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

INDIANA  DISTRICT 

MB* ' 

Licensed 

Blume,  A.  W . Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Blume,  Bertha  (Same) 


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Bradley,  Elsie  . 

Baughman,  Retta  . 

Bennett,  Otto  . . 

Benham,  W.  J . 

Baughman,  J.  H . 

Baughman,  Mrs.  J.  H.  (Same) 

Baker,  Ira  . 

Baker,  Margaret  . 

Bowmdn,  Lulu  . , . 

Canary,  Birdie . 

Clegg,  R.  E . 

Compton,  George  M . 

Cochran,  Mrs.  H.  W . 

Douglas,  James  . 

Dilk,  Clemons  O . . . 

Dowden,  Emerson  . 

Dickerson,  H.  N . 

Eisenmyer,  Grace  . 

Friend,  Mary  . . 

Francis,  Birdie  . . . 

Green,  Hazel  . 

Gaither,  C . 

Graham,  J.  W . 

Holcomb,  A . 

Hornev,  Flora  . 

Hinds,  W.  F . 

Horton,  C.  A.  . . . 

Harris,  A.  C . 

Hanks,  Elmer . 

Haas,  Crawford  . 

Halt,  O.  E . 

Halt,  E.  V.  (Same) 

Havhurst,  Jesse  . 

Hayhurst,  Aaron,  . 


. .  Sheboygan,  Wis. 
.  . .  .  Anderson,  Ind. 
, .  .  Union  Citv,  Ind. 

.  Mifflin,  Ind. 

.  Orleans,  Ind. 

.  New  London,  Ind. 

.  Cory,  Ind. 

. .  .  Thorntown,  Ind. 

. Bicknell,  Ind. 

.  .  Morristown,  Ind. 

. Medora,  Ind. 

,  E.  Enterprise,  Ind. 
.  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

.  Dupont,  Ind. 

Terre  Haute,  Ind 
.  .  Demosville,  Ky. 
Three  Oaks,  Mich. 

.  .  .  .  Frankton,  Ind. 
Michigan  City,  Ind. 
Michigan  City,  Ind. 

.  Terre  Haute,  Ind 

.  Kokomo,  Ind. 

.  Wlestport,  Ind 

.  Wilmore,  Ky. 

. Windfall,  Ind. 

.  . . .  Westport,  Ind. 
Michigantown,  Ind 

. Bicknell,  Ind. 

.  Cory,  Ind. 

.  Corv  Ind. 

7 

Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

.  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 


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111 


Holden,  H.  L . Coalmont,  Ind. 

Hall,  Charlie  .  Medora,  Ind. 

Hopper,  Caba  .  Bascom,  Ind. 

Jewell,  W.  G .  Columbus,  Ind. 

Johnson,  Fred . E.  Keller  St.,  Evansville,  Ind. 

Johnson,  Lauders  . Dupont,  Ind. 

Kindall,  Charles  .  Greenwood,  Ind. 

Lacv,  K.  D .  Nobles\ille,  Ind. 

Lundy,  Ira  .  Moreland,  Ind. 

Loundsbury,  Mrs.  Viola  .  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Moreillon,  Milton  .  E.  Enterprise,  Ind. 

McHenry,  Charles  W .  Dupont,  Ind. 

Moore,  Kush  .  Frankton,  Ind. 

McQueen,  Arthur  .  Westport,  Ind. 

Kelson,  H.  C .  Coalmont,  Ind. 

Prather,  Mrs.  E.  O .  Muncie,  Ind. 

Popejoy,  V.'  A .  Jasonville,  Ind. 

Popejoy,  Mrs.  V.  A.  (Same) 

Eice,  Will  P . .  .  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Scott,  Ada  .  Elwood,  Ind. 

Shaw,  Miss  Maud  .  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Senn,  W.  P . . .  Grantsburg,  Ind. 

Trotzki,  Mrs.  Edith  .  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Thomas,  Miss  Bell  .  Dupont,  Ind. 

Vheeldon,  R.  S . . W.  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Whitner,  B.  J . Cayuga,  Ind. 

Whitner,  Mrs.  B.  J.  (Same) 

Wininger,  B.  F .  Bennett  Switch,  Ind. 

heeler,  F .  Lawrenceburg,  Ind. 

Deaconesses 

Brady,  Mrs.  Alice  .  Evansville,  Ind. 

Broughtman,  Mrs.  M.  R . ..College  Corner,  Ind. 

French,  Mrs.  M.  J .  College  Corner,  Ind. 


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Rees,  Mrs.  Ilah  . . .  Greenfield,  Ind 

Local  Preachers 

Brown,  Charles  .  . . v  . . .  .  Anderson,  Ind 

Cassidey,  Garfield .  E.  Main  St.,  Springfield,  O 

Colvil,  Omer  .  Anderson,  Ind 

Griner,  A.  V . 22  S.  Mont  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind 

Myers,  Fred  .  Anderson,  Ind 

Moran,  James . 3103  Bell  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Me 

Britts,  Owen  .  Kokomo,  Inc 

Thomas,  Roy  .  Anderson,  Ind 

Smith,  Ray  .  Anderson,  Im 

Steinnings,  Thomas . Greensburg,  Inc 

KANSAS  AND  OKLAHOMA  DISTRICT 

Ordained 

Benjamin,  J.  E .  Milan,  Kam 

Burge,  Eliza  .  Alua,  Okli 

Cork,  J.  J . i . Winona,  Kan 

Cork,  Mrs.  J.  J.  (Same) 

Davison,  G.  D . Passadena,  Ca 

Hull,  Maggie  .  Alua,  Okl 

Hippie,  Lee .  Stanta,  Kan 

Michael,  John  .  Alua,  Okl 

Pridgen,  C.  P .  1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  ( 

Sweet,  Grace  .  Campo,  Cc 

VanMeter,  S.  T .  Yona,  Cc 

VanMeter,  S.  P .  Dacoma,  Ok: 

Webster,  W.  J.  . .  Freeport,  Kai 

Willis,  Thomas  .  Ossawatomie,  Kai 

Waddel,  Lloyd  . Hopeton,  Ok 

Licensed 

Berkgren,  Mrs.  Velma . Monument,  Kai 


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Beecher,  Howard  .  Argonia,  Kans. 

Baxter,  James  .  Hopeton,  Okla. 

Craik,  Mrs.  Jasi  . Monument,  Kans. 

Doll,  John  ! .  Phoenix,  Ariz. 

Duncan,  A.  ± . Winona,  Kans. 

Duncan,  George  .  Scott  City,  Kans. 

Garrett,  C.  J .  Paola,  Kans. 

Keller,  Orvan  .  Winona,  Kans. 

Logue,  Bertha  .  Freeport,  Kans. 

Morgan,  Oral  .  Darmont,  Kans. 

'seece,  Albert  .  New  Ulysses,  Kans. 

Neece,  Bessie  (Same) 

Pridgen,  Martha . 1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Pearce,  Willard  .  Dermot,  Kans. 

C^uinn,  W.  A . Carman,  Okla. 

Rubicum,  George  .  Ossawatomie,  Kans. 

Suiter,  R.  L .  Grinnell,  Kans. 

Taylor,  B.  J .  Page,  Kans. 

Wickens,  G.  W .  Hopeton,  Kans. 

Hack,  A.  M .  Humbolt,  Kans. 


KENTUCKY  DISTRICT 


Ordained 


Bainum,  Jim  . 

Bevington,  G.  V . 

Bowling,  Leonard  .  . . 
0  Duncan,  William  .  . .  . 

Fleming,  Bona . 

Fleming,  John  (Same) 

Fortner,  D.  D . 

McNurtin,  John  . 

Savage,  Madge  . 

Snapp,  H.  C . 

Thomas,  H.  P . 


.  Mentoo,  Ky. 

.  Ashland,  Ky. 

. .  Partlow,  Ky. 

.  Ashland,  Ky. 

. Ashland,  Ky. 

.  Rockdale,  Ky. 

. Ashland,  Ky. 

Powasson,  Ontario,  Can. 

.  Barterville,  Kv. 

.  Kingswood,  Ky. 


an 


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Tomlin,  C.  M . . .  Manchester,  O. 

Wakefield,  Joseph  .  Maysville,  Ky. 

Wilcox,  William  .  Rosedale,  Ky. 

Licensed  Ministers 

Armstrong,  Chester . Grahn,  Ky 

Black,  J.  O . Buckhannan,  Ky 

Bradford,  Leslie  .  Hopewell,  Ky. 

Edmond,  Bryan  .  Ashland,  Ky. 

Fleming,  Mrs.  Marie . Ashland,  Ky. 

Fugett,  C.  B .  Normal,  Ky 

Fogle,  William  .  Covington,  Ky. 

Gilbert,  C.  C . '. .  Maysville,  fey. 

Jessie,  J.  W . Wesley ville,  Ky. 

Kelly,  Harve  .  Partlow,  Ky. 

Lucus,  Harrison  . r.  .  .  Newport,  Ky. 

Maddox,  S.  R .  Flemingsburg,  Ky. 

McDavid,  G.  M .  Ashland,  Ky. 

Posey,  Curtis  . , .  Ashland,  Ky. 

Stapleton,  William . Ashland,  Ky. 

Stewart,  John  .  Matewan,  W.  Va. 

Wade,  Victor  .  Covington,  Ky. 

Walters,  Wilbur  .  Codington,  Ky. 

Webb,  Z.  T .  Nolan,  W.  Va. 

Winkler,  .  Ashland,  Ky. 

MARYLAND  DISTRICT 

Ordained 

Adams,  H.  P . Trappe,  Md. 

Ashley,  W.  A .  Easton,  Md. 

Bean,  P.  P . Cambridge,  Md. 

Bean,  Mrs.  P.  F.  (Same) 

Blann,  A.  E . .  Northville,  N.  Y. 

Blann,  M.  R . . . , .  Mineral,  Va. 


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Boswell,  E.  F .  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

Clough,  E.  K .  Hillsboro,  Md. 

Coleman.  J.  V..  .2109  W.  Mulberry  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Coleman,  Mrs.  J.  V.  (Same) 

Green,  Arthur . North  Tisbury,  Mass. 

Helsbv,  G.  L . Denton,  Md. 

Hoffman,  Jacob  61st  &  Hobbs  Creek,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Hoffman,  Mrs.  Jacob  (Same) 

Hope,  C.  S .  Shelltown,  Md. 

Kimball,  Bobert  .  Attelboro,  Mass. 

Mills,  L .  Cambridge,  Md. 

Mitchell,  Mrs.  Bessie  .  Dover,  Del. 

Moffit,  E.  J .  Hurlock,  Md. 

Moffit,  Mrs.  Mayme  (Same) 

Norton,  J.  Herbert  . ^  Salisbury,  Md. 

Olsen,  H.  J . . .Trappe,  Mff. 

Olsen,  Mrs.  H.  J.  (Same) 

Potter,  Charles  T . 43  Spruce  St.,  Norwich,  Conn. 

Bay,  Andrew  .  Boston,  Mass. 

Spencer,  H.  D . 1921  Mulberry  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Trice,  T.  L .  Denton,  Md. 

Vickers,  Wm.  H .  Cambridge,  Md. 

Wiggins,  W.  F . Millington,  Md. 

Licensed 

Adams,  Louis  .  Denton,  Md. 

Bafford,  Sewell.  .2111  W.  Mulberry  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Badger,  L.  F .  Quimby,  Va. 

Brooks,  C.  W . Woolf ords,  Md. 

Elliott,  George . Brooms,  Md. 

Ellwanger,  Charley .  Denton,  Md. 

Gibson,  G.  W .  Tilghmans,  Md. 

Hope  Standlev .  Shelltown,  Md. 

Helsbv,  Mrs.  Jennie  .  Denton,  Md. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  C. 


Lit) 


J arvis,  W.  J . 

Lowery,  Charles  D . 

Lowry,  Earl  W . 

Mitchell,  Willard  . 

Mears,  Miss  Winifred  . 
Norton,  Mrs.  Anna  .... 
Parker,  Miss  Mayme  O. 
Slaughter,  Mrs.  Amy  . . 
Vickers,  Mrs.  Lola  Y.  .  . 

Wingate,  Lewis . .\, 

Wiggins,  Mrs.  W.  P.  ... 


.  .  Centreville,  Md. 

,  .  .  Providence,  E.  I. 
Brooms  Island,  Md. 

.  Dover,  Del. 

.  Hurlock,  Md 

....  Salisbury,  Md. 
. ..  Woolf  ords,  Md. 

.  Easton,  Md. 

.  . .  .  Cambridge,  Md. 
.  .  .  .  Cambridge,  Md. 
.  . .  .  Millington,  Md. 


N  Deaconesses 

Eose,  Mrs.  L.  M . Centreville,  Md. 

Stradley,  Mrs.  Anna  . .  Galena,  Md. 


MICHIGAN 


Ordained  Preachers 


Brown,  Mrs.  Emma 

. 1011  E.  Fulton  St.,  Grand  Eapids, 

Beirnes,  George 

St.  Anna,  Port  of  Spain,  Trinidad,  British 

Beirnes,  William .  Saba,  Dutch 

Cliff,  Charles  E . 36  Corwin  St.,  Battle  Creek, 

Churehford,  Miss  Nellie  .  Holland, 

Elliott,  P.  F . ,.507  Beach  St.,  Lansing, 

Haines,  Paul  E .  412  Davison  St.,  Detroit, 

Harmon,  Frank  .  Haigler, 

Hetfield,  Homer . Wheeler, 

Hoos,  Thomas  H . Applegate, 

Kulp,  Geo.  B.  112  Battle  Creek  Av.,  Battle  Creek, 

Lounds,  George 

....1  Ave.,  Ashum  Hill,  Sault  Ste.  Marie, 
Morningstar,  J.  E .  Chief, 


Mich. 


W.  I 
W.  I 
Mich 
Mich 
Micl 
Mich 
Net 
Micl 
Micl 
Micl 


Mic 

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MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  C. 


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Spear,  Charles  E . Owosso,  Mich. 

Shattuck,  B.  0 . 1506  Bennett  Ave.,  Flint,  Mich 

Strong,  Sadie.... S.  Jefferson  St.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 
Taylor,  C.  G..  .Bible  Holiness  Seminary,  Owosso,  Mich. 

Truesdell,  G.  E . Onowa,  Iowa 

Wildman,  W.  J . Flint,  Mich. 


Licensed. 


Dunkleberger,  Katherine  E. 

. 201  Maple  St.,  Three  Oaks,  Mich. 

Dunkleberger,  Hattie  A.  (Same) 

Hamilton,  W.  J .  Fenton,  Mich. 

Eridler,  Albert  .  Muskegon,  Mich. 

Manker,  Bernard  .  Elkton,  Mich. 

Morningstar,  Etta  .  Chief,  Mich. 

Penrod,  Ida  ....507  *4  Fairview  Ave.,  Lansing,  Mich. 

Reed,  Wm . 19  Caroline  Place,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Strong,  J.  E . S.  Jefferson  St.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

Spear,  Mrs.  Charles  E .  Owosso,  Mich. 

Schmidt,  Benj .  607  Belmont  Ave.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Sickler,  Orvel  .  Silverwood,  Mich. 

Surbrook,  W.  L .  225  Ferris  Ave.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Sturk,  Willard,  Jr . Ellsworth,  Mich. 

Sturk,  John  .  Owosso,  Mich. 

Woodcock,  Robert  E . Owosso,  Mich. 

Deaconesses 

Haines,  Mrs.  Paul.  .412  Davidson  St.,  Detroit,  Mich 
Kridler,  Mrs.  Albert .  Muskegon,  Mich. 

NEBRASKA  DISTRICT 
Ordained 


*  0uev,  E.  C .  Oshkosh,  Neb. 

4  Posev,  Warren . 3223  T  St.,  Lincoln,  Neb. 


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Sharp,  R.  R . 3300  T  St.,  Lincoln,  Ne 

Stanger,  L.  W .  Madrid,  Ne 

Licensed 

Hartman,  G.  E .  Tarrington,  Wy 

Sharp,  Mrs.  R.  R . 3300  T  St.,  Lincoln,  Ne 

Stanger,  Mrs.  L.  W . Madrid,  Ne 

Witthuhn,  Charles . Madrid,  Ne 

OHIO  DISTRICT 
Ordained 

Andrews,  George  W .  Newell,  P 

Aude,  Henry . 1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati, 

Hrillhart.  J.  C . 729  Poplar  St.,  Nelsonville, 

Brown.  C.  M . R.  P.  D.  No.  3,  Athens,  < 

Coleman,  J.  V . 1S10  Young  St.,  Cincinnati, 

Cowman,  Charles  .  Tokyo,  Jap^ 

Cowman,  Mrs.  Charles  (Same) 

Pinch,  Ralph  G 

....Box  59,  Bridgetown,  Barbadoes,  B.  W. 

Pish,  Charles  D . Box  137,  Murray  City, 

Hanna,  Elinor.... 89  S.  Mulberry  St.,  Chillicothe, 

Heslop,  William . Tokyo,  Japs 

Heslop,  Mrs.  William  (Same) 

Kilbourne,  Edwin  (Same) 

Kilbourne,  Mrs.  Edwin  (Same) 

King,  O.  L . Box  87,  St.  Johns,  Antigua,  B.  W. 

Knapp,  J.  P . 1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati, 

Long,  Edward  R . Blanchester, 

Long,  Willie  G.  (Same) 

Larson,  Ejnar 

Care  of  British  P.  O.,  Shameen,  Canton.  Chi 

Maffin,  James  T . Nelsonville, 

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Me  Nall,  C.  C . .  ...  Athens,  O 

McNall,  B.  D . .  E.  D.  No.  1,  Nay,  O 

Park,  La  Eue....l33  Channing  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Eaish,  C.  B .  Miamisburg,  O. 

Richter,  N.  C . 1606  Carll  St.,  Cincinnati.  O. 

Eoberts,  L.  B..... . Brown  Ave.,  Athens,  O. 

Bodway,  Chas.  .Care  God’s  Bible  School,  Cincinnati,  O. 
Eodway,  Mrs.  Charles  (Same) 

Saneholtz,  F.  C . 224  Valley  St.,  Dayton,  O- 

Sanders,  P.  F . 533  Channing  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Sanders,  Mrs.  P.  F.  (Same) 

Smith,  Emerson  .  .B.  F.  D.  1,  Box  166,  Bossburg,  O. 

Standley,  L.  W . 533  Channing  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Standley,  M.  G . 1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Stuckey,  N.  O.  .  .215  W.  Foruth  St.,  Port  Clinton,  O. 

Shank,  R.  A . 525  Channing  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Taylor,  Alfred  Care  God’s  Bible  School,  Cincinnati,  O 

Uhrig,  H.  E .  Cecil,  O 

Wilson,  John  . .  Murray  City,  O. 

Walker,  H.  C . 615  Hendricks  Ave.,  St.  Marys,  O. 


OHIO  DISTRICT 
Licensed  Ministers 


Beadle,  William  .  Willowsp rings,  Mo. 

Bolender,  Harry  .  Chilo,  Ohio 

Banum,  Mary  E .  Cincinnati,  O. 

Call,  Floyd  .  Nelson\ille,  Ohio 

Clark,  Lizzie  . 1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Curtis,  John  K . 1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Cook,  J.  V . 408  Scranton  Ave.,  Marion,  O. 

Fisher,  Walter . Loveland,  Ohio 

Ford,  Hezekiah .  1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Fugett,  W.  B .  Sidney,  Ohio 


Gaddis,  Tilden.  .Care  533  Channing  St.,  Cincinnati,  O 


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Haines,  Herbert - 277  Southern  Ave.,  Cincinnati,  0 

Haines,  Atville . 1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Hanna,  Mrs.  E . 89  S.  Mulberry  St.,  Chillicothe,  O. 

Hill,  Oliver . 253  Broad  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Kayser,  G.  E....- .  South  Webster,  O. 

Kennett,  J.  L . 28  Louis  Block,  Dayton,  O. 

King,  Mrs.  O.  L..  .Box  87,  St.  Johns,  Antigua,  B.  W.  I. 

Marsh,  Elmer . 1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Martin,  M.  D.  Earl  A. 1803  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

McIntyre,  S.  j . 22  East  North  St.,  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

Myers,  William ...  .R.  F.  D.  No.  1,  Bloomingsburg,  O. 

Nevins,  A.  O . Hendersonville,  N.  C. 

Park,  Mrs.  L.  R . 533  Channing  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Redd,  Alvah . 1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Parker,  Ira . 1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Roberts,  Mrs.  L.  R . Brown  Ave.,  Athens,  O. 

Schneider,  Miss  Grace . Houghton,  S.  D. 

Smith,  James  A .  Murray  City,  O. 

Thornton,  J.  M . 1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Twining,  Harold  .  1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O 

White,  Alice . 1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Young,  Helen  .  Tokyo,  Japan 


Deaconesses 


Coon,  Mary.  .Care  God’s  Bible  School,  Cincinnati,  C 

Knapp,  Mrs.  M.  W . 1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O, 

Marshall,  Agnes . 1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Massie,  Fannie.  ..  .323  West  Sixth  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 
Standley,  Mrs.  M.  G . 1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 


PENNSYLVANIA  DISTRICT 
Ordained  Ministers 

Crider,  W.  J. ..138  W.  Broad  St.,  E.  Stroudsburg,  Pa 


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Diehl,  J.  B . 225  Linker  Ave.,  wunnurry,  Pa 

Gardner,  J.  R .  Howard,  Pa. 

Heins,  G.  W . . ......  Glassboro,  N.  J. 

Hendel,  J.  B . 4421  Hedge  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hutchenson,  J.  E . .  .  Milton,  Pa. 

Ives,  R.  W . R.  F.  D.  No.  1,  Fishers  Ferry,  Pa. 

Lishman,  Francis  .  Glen  Iron,  Pa. 

Neff,  W.  B .  McKeesport,  Pa. 

Morris.  Frank  .  Fishers  Ferry,  Pa. 

Owen,  George  S . 234  Hepburn  St.,  Milton,  Pa. 

Owen,  Mrs.  G.  S.  (Same) 

Rosar,  Mrs.  Paul . . . Medford,  N.  J. 

Saneholtz,  H.  A . 416  Rehr  St.,  Reading,  Pa. 

Sutton,  J.  L . 4311  N.  18th  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Slater,  Charles  L . McKeesport,  Pa. 

Slater,  Mrs.  Charles  L.  (Same) 

Straub,  Wm.  E . UtOS  Miller  St.,  Sunbuirry,  Pa 

Yoder,  Carrie  A .  Reading,  Pa. 


Licensed  Ministers 


Bahrent,  Adlend  .  .  . 
Cortez,  Edmund  .... 
Christine,  Conrad  .  . . 
Dubendorf,  Daniel  . 
Graham,  Robert  .... 

Hainkins,  John  . 

latcher,  Mrs.  Bessie 

diller,  J.  P . 

Miller,  W.  G . 

Munson,  Wm.  R. 

Minor,  Charles . 

Mulholland,  Nellie  .  . 
McIntyre,  S.  J. 
Shannon,  C.  C . 


Augustaville,  Pa. 

.  .  Wind  Gap,  Pa. 

.  Allentown,  Pa. 
Augustiville,  Pa. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

.  Wind  Gap,  Pa. 

.  .  .  Wind  Gap,  Pa. 

.  Milton,  Pa. 

,  Stroudsburg,  Pa. 
Wallacetown,  Pa. 
.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 
....  Milton,  Pa. 


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Trager,  John . Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Ordained  Deaconess 

Birchie,  Mrs.  Ella  Munson  .  Milton,  Pa.] 

Licensed  Deaconesses 

Lishman,  Mrs.  Francis  .  Glen  Iron,  Pa.j 

Moser,  Mrs.  Flora  . .  Allentown,  Pa.? 

McCloskey,  Mrs.  Maggie  .  Milton,  Pa." 

Licensed  Exhorters 

Saneholtz,  Mrs.  H.  A..  .416  Rehr  St.,  Reading,  PaJ 

Stokes,  Joseph  .  Bloomsburg,  Pa. 

Wolf,  J.  E . Augusta\ille,  Pa. 

Cressinger,  Wm.  E .  Augustaville,  Pa. 

Roser,  Paul  .  Medford,  N.  J. 

SOUTHERN  DISTRICT 
Ordained 

Andrews,  R.  A .  Bryson  City,  N.  C., 

Baldwin,  M.  A . Union  St.,  Greensboro,  N.  C.j 

Biller,  W.  H . .  Somas,  Ya] 

Biller,  Mrs.  W.  H.  (Same) 

Bulla,  B.  B.  . .  Ashboro,  N.  C.j 

BorgeT,  H.  B . Proximity  Sta.,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Bourgaize,  George . 11810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Cooper,  Ruth  T .  Surry,  Va. 

Cox,  W.  R.  .  .900  Silver  Run  Ave.,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 
Cox,  Mrs.  W.  R.  (Same) 

Cruse,  W.  C . Gold  Hill,  R.  F.  D.  No.  3,  N.  C 

Cruse,  Mrs.  W.  C.  (Same) 

Covington,  J.  W.  925  Second  Ave.,  N.  W.  Roanoke,  Vs 

Greeson,  P.  H .  Snow  Camp,  N.  C, 

Hess,  E.  L . 109  Salem  Ave.,  E.  Roanoke,  Ya.j 

Hall,  J.  N . Simpson,  N.  C. 


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Kirkman,  W.  C .  West  Durham,  N.  C. 

Ludwick,  C.  A . Gold  Hill,  N.  C. 

Lain,  C.  A .  Winston  Salem,  N.  C. 

Milby,  Alice  Lee  .  Shacklesford,  Ya. 

Nance,  J.  T...108  N.  Main  St.,  High  Point,  N.  0 

Nelson,  S.  S . 832  Worth  Ave.,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Park,  Mrs.  O.  D.  900  Silver  Run  Ave.,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Hith,  O.  L . 710  Hamilton  St.,  High  Point,  N.  C. 

Shaw,  J.  E . Ramseur,  N.  C. 

Stikeleather,  S.  M .  Kingswood,  Ky. 

Talbirt,  J.  T .  Harmony,  N.  C. 

Thompson,  P.  R . , .  Albemarle,  N.  C. 

Vestal,  B.  H..  .900  Silver  Run  Ave.,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Way,  W.  A . . .  Randleman,  N.  C. 

Ware,  W.  P .  Reidsville,  N.  C. 

Ware,  Mrs.  W.  P.  (Same) 

Licensed 

Brendle,  M.  D . .  Bryson  City,  N.  C. 

Bowyer,  Lizzie  .  East  Radford,  Va. 

Beasley,  A.  H .  Hillsboro,  N.  C. 

Ballard,  J.  B . Albemarle,  N.  C. 

Birkhead,  J.  P . Asheboro,  N.  C. 

Butner,  G.  H .  Hillsboro,  N.  C. 

Butner,  Mrs.  G.  H.  (Same) 

Conner,  N.  D .  Petersburg,  Ya. 

Coyer,  B.  F .  Pocohontas,  Ya. 

Eagle,  W.  G . R.  F.  D.  No.  9,  Salisbury,  N.  C. 

Freeman,  E.  D . Troy,  N.  C. 

Hill,  Mrs.  I.  B . . .  Cologne,  Ya. 

Jones,  W.  F .  R.  F.  D.  No.  1,  Copper  hill,  Vi 

Keitan,  J.  J.  (Same) 

Kenyon,  John  . Mabaine,  N.  C. 

Kirkman,  Mrs.  W.  C.  ...... - West  Durham,  N.  C. 


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Kirk,  Bud  .  Salisbury,  N.  C. 

Lambeth,  Hattie . Light,  N.  C. 

Park,  O.  D. ..900  Silver  Run  Ave.,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Narlan,  Anna  D.  Roane . Richmond,  Va. 

Smith,  J.  A . 900  Silver  Run  Ave.,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Spencer,  T.  A . Station  A,  High  Point,  N.  C 

Sullivan.  Wm . Union  St.,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Waganer,  R.  A . R.  F.  D.  No.  3,  Gold  Hill.  N.  C. 

Wilson,  W.  J .  Hillsboro,  N.  C. ' 

Ordained  Deaconesses 

Buchanan,  Mattie . Joyner  St.,  Greensboro.  N.  C.  1 

Crouse,  Isa  A . R.  F.  D.  No.  1,  Denton,  N.  C.  1 

Elerick,  Mattie  900  Silver  Run  Ave.,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Licensed 

Gibson,  Lottie  .  Kingswood.  Ky.  \ 


WEST  VIRGINIA  DISTRICT 
Ordained  Ministers 

Ash,  J.  M . .1837  12th  Ave.,  Huntington,  W.  Va. 

Cunningham,  G.  M . Bells  Trace.  Ky. 

Fields,  J.  A...R.  R.  No.  1,  Hillcrest  Ave.,  Dayton,  O. 

Finney,  Miss  Nannie . Lockwood.  Ky. 

Johnson,  J.  Thomas 

....R.  R.  No.  3,  Box  41,  Huntington,  W.  Va. 

Norris,  W.  H .  Coopers,  W.  Va. 

Peters.  L.  G .  Ft.  Gay,  W.  Va. 

Peters.  Rice . .  .  Bald  Knob,  W.  Va. 

Pierce,  Miss  Phoebe.  .British  P.  O.,  Canton,  S.  China. 

Price,  A.  A . 2221  10th  Ave.,  Huntington,  W.  Va. 

Selbee.  Albert  .  Wilkinson,  W.  Va. 

Stanger,  T.  B . Coopers,  W.  Va. 

Wellman,  George  L .  Kingswood,  Ky, 


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Woods,  Harry  F. 

....Care  Cowman  &  Kilbo'urne,  Tokyo,  Japan 
Woods.  J.  F.....1844  8th  Ave.,  Huntington,  W.  Ya. 

Licensed  Ministers 

i 

Blake,  Ralph . Rural  Route,  Proctorville,  O 

Cook,  Mrs.  Garnet 

.  .Oakland  Ave.  &  Grace  St.,  Huntington,  W.  Va. 

Cook,  Maurice  S . Route  No.  2,  Huntington,  W.  Ya. 

Dawson,  Henry  .  Fort  Gay,  W.  Ya. 

Dawson,  Wm.  L .  Fort  Gay,  W.  Ya. 

Dirton,  E.  F .  Barboursville,  W.  Va- 

Gothard,  Elbert.  . .  .2932  6th  Ave.,  Huntington,  W.  Va. 

Hatcher,  J.  R .  Louisa,  Ky. 

Hayton,  J.  S . 1715  11th  Ave.,  Huntington,  W.  Ya. 

Hickman,  Miss  Hattie  .  Coopers,  W.  Va. 

Hutchinson,  Cora  . . Fort  Branch,  W.  Ya 

Marcum,  J.  H . Fort.  Gay,  W.  Ya.  , 

Martin,  R.  C .  Red  Jacket,  W.  Va. 

Maynard,  Floyd  C . .  Matewan,  W.  Ya. 

Perry,  Edward  A .  Warfield,  Ky. 

Peters,  Joseph  H .  Eckhard,  W.  Ya. 

Reed,  Byron  C . Ft.  Gay,  W.  Ya. 

Stewart,  John  W .  Matewan,  W.  Ya. 

Templeton,  Rosco . Cheasapeake,  O 

Winslow.  Miss  A.  Pearl  .  .  Logan,  W.  Va 

Wisner.  J.  A .  Paw  Paw,  W.  Ya. 

Wilfe.  R.  W . Fort  Gay,  W.  Va. 

Ordained  Deaconesses 


Haskell.  Mrs.  Louise . Huntington,  W.  Va. 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Nettie 

.  ...R.  R.  No.  3,  Box  41,  Huntington,  W.  Va. 
Winslow.  Miss  A.  Pearl . Logan,  W.  Ya. 


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Miscellaneous  List 

Bassett,  J.  R .  Springfield,  Mo. 

Deadrick,  Bertha.  .241  Montgomery  St.,  Seattle,  Wash. 

Cnglish,  E.  A . Canandagua,  N.  Y. 

Figuero,  Jose  R...18  Santa  Alto,  Santiago,  De  Cuba. 

Garrett,  M.  L . 1810  Young  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Garrett,  Mrs.  M.  L.  (Same) 

Gilhuvser,  Benjamin  . '. .  Craft,  La. 

Graves,  G.  R .  El  Reno,  Okla. 

Henderson,  Wm . 2111  13th  St.,  Bakersfield,  Cal. 

Henderson,  Hattie  (Same) 

Hunt,  Grace  C . Powasson,  Ontario,  Canada. 

Hutchinson,  J.  E . .  Alabama. 

Kackison,  C.  L . ... .  .  Binghamton,  N.  Yr. 

Lewis,  B.  B . R.  F.  D.  No.  2,  Springfield,  Mo. 

Lawrence,  P.  R .  Plankinton,  S.  D. 

Miller,  W.  A . 1423  Fedora  St.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

McCaskell,  James . Columbus,  Miss. 

Parker,  Sallie  Hart  .  London,  Tenn. 

Robinson,  E.  O .  Bryant,  Wash. 

Robinson,  E.  A . Valpariso,  Ind. 

Rosser,  Ethel  Brown  .  Millville,  N.  J. 

Schultz,  Moses . La  Grange,  Ind. 

Stone,  C.  W .  Springfield,  Mo. 

Watson,  G.  D . 1707  Third  Ave.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Whitworth,  Mrs.  A.  H..  .128  Leamington,  Chicago,  Ill. 

Licensed  Deaconess 

Webster,  Mrs.  C.  J . Leon.  Kans. 

OUR  FOREIGN  MISSION  FIELD 
Africa 

Fuge,  F.  T..  .  Mehlomnyama,  via  Batstone,  near 

. Port  Shepstone,  Natal,  South  Africa 

Fuge,  Mrs.  F.  T.  (Same) 


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age,  Emma  (Same) 
odway,  Charles  C. 

- Mt.  Frere,  East  Griqualand,  South  Africa 

>dway,  Mrs.  Charles  C.  (Same) 

ivis,  Earl . Stegie  Swaziland,  South  Africa 

.vis,  Mrs,  Earl  (Same) 

y*  Elmer  D .  Home  on  Furlough 

y,  Mrs.  Elmer  D.  (Same) 

vdrey,,  G.  C . .  Home  on  Furlough 

China 


•nroe,  E.  R . ..Canton,  China 

nroe,  Mrs.  E.  R.  (Same) 
rce,  Phoebe,  (Same) 
rk,  Lizzie  (Same) 

•son,  E.  (Same) 
e,  John  (Same) 

hanan,  Mattie . Home  on  Furlough 

Cuba 

ieroa,  J.  R...Lacret  Alta,  41  Santiago,  De  Cuba 

J apan  and  Korea 
Japan 

C-  E .  In  Home  Land 

"  nan,  Mrs.  C.  E.  (Same) 

Durne,  E.  A . 

>urne,  Mrs.  E.  A.  (Same) 

>urne.  Edwin  L.  (Same) 

>urne,  Mrs.  E.  L.  (Same)  * 

.  Tokyo,  Japan 

Korea 


•  Tokyo,  Japan 


:ica 


***  * . Seoul,  Korea. 

is,  Mrs.  John  (Same) 


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Theil,  William  (Same) 

Theil,  Mrs.  William  (Same) 

Orkeny,  John  (Same) 

Orkeny,  Mrs.  John  (Same'' 

Miller,  W.  F.  (Same) 

Miller,  Mrs.  W.  F.  (Same) 

Woods,  Harry  (Same) 

Heslop,  William  . . . 

Heslop,  Mrs.  William  (Same) 

West  Indies  and  South  America 


Finch,  R.  G . Bridgetown,  Barbados,  B.  W, 

Finch,  Mrs.  R.  G.  (Same) 

Ives,  R.  W.  (Same) 

Biernes,  George 

..St.  Annas,  Port  of  Spain,  Trinidad,  B.  W 
Biernes,  Mrs.  George  (Same) 

Biernes,  William . Saba,  Dutch  West  In. 

Biernes,  Mrs.  William  (Same) 

Craig,  John . Care  R.  G.  Finch,  B.  \ 

Craig,  Mrs.  John  (Same) 

King,  O.  L . Box  87,  St.  Johns,  Antigua,  B.  V 

King,  Mrs.  O.  L.  (Same) 

Taylor,  R.  A . Charleston,  Nevis,  B.  A 

Taylor,  Mrs.  R.  A.  (Same) 

South  America 

Schoombie,  G.  A. 

. Georgetown,  Dem.,  British  Guiene, 

Schoombie,  Mrs.  G.  A.  (Same) 

India 

Caudle,  Carnie . Thana  District,  Vasind, 


SUBJECT  INDEX 


NOTE :  Where  there  are  two  numbers  following 
a  subject,  the  two  separated  by  a  colon,  the  first 
refers  to  paragraph,  the  second  to  section ;  as  “Chil¬ 
dren,  184:  7,”  which  means  paragraph  184,  section  7. 

Advisory  Board,  (See  Local  Church) 

Amusements,  101. 

Articles  of  Faith  : 

Baptism,  28* 

Church,  24. 

Destiny,  32. 

Entire  Sanctification,  22. 

Free  Will,  20. 

God,  14. 

Healing,  30. 

Holy  Spirit,  17. 

Jesus  Christ,  15,  16. 

Justification,  21. 

Lord’s  Supper,  29. 

Original  Sin,  19. 

Resurrection,  16. 

Return  of  Jesus,  31. 

Sacraments,  27. 

Scriptures,  The  Holy,  18. 

Sin  After  Justification,  23. 

Tongues,  25,  26. 

Assistant  General  Superintendent  : 

Co-operate  with  General  Superintendent,  41. 
Members  of  General  Council,  37. 

Support  of,  41\,  87. 

Assistant  Pastor,  77. 

Business  Meetings,  114-123,  214. 

Children,  99,  126,  130,  181:7;  204,  205. 

Church  Property  : 

Bethel  Holiness  Orphanage,  213:1. 

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MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  C 


Beulah  Rescue  Home,  213:2. 
lnternatioual  Holiness  Advocate,  213  :4. 
Kingswood  College,  213 :3. 

Covenant,  Church,  95,  118:2. 

Amusements,  Worldly*  101. 

Debt,  101. 

Giving,  94  :5  ;  98. 

Home,  99. 

Means  of  Grace,  97,  99,  103. 

Mutual  Helpfulness,  97,  103. 

Sabbath,  Observance  of,  102. 

Classes : 

Committee  on,  117 :7. 

Formation  of,  135. 

Need  of,  132,  133,  137. 

Number  of,  134. 

Class-leaders  : 

Advice  to,  139. 

Duties  of,  140. 

Qualifications  of.  136,  137. 

Reports  of,  117  :6,  121 :2  ;  140. 

Course  of  Study  : 

Adopted.  166. 

Books  for,  176. 

Deaconesses  taking,  191. 

Diplomas  granted,  173. 

Examination  on,  171. 

Licentiate  taking,  170. 

Passing  grade,  172. 

Preliminary  Examination,  169,  175,  191 
Purchace  of  Books,  176:2. 

Record  Sheet,  Value  of,  173. 
Superintendent,  176. 

Wrork  Done  Elsewhere,  174. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  C.  131 

Dancing,  101. 

Deaconesses : 

Books,  Purchase  of,  176. 

Call  of  God  to  Work,  187. 

Course  of  Study,  166,  176. 

Examinations,  Preliminary,  191. 

Licenses,  188. 

Ordained,  Church  Relationship  of,  158. 
Ordination  of,  190. 

Pastor,  Under  Supervision  of,  183. 

Read  Advices  to  Ministers,  192.  (See  177,  186.) 
Recommendation  to  District  Superintendent,  189. 
Reports,  Quarterly  required,  155,  189. 

Reports,  Penalty  for  Failure  to,  157. 

Debts:  101,  121:22. 

Deeds  (To  Church  Property),  121:22,  Appendix  B. 
District  Assemblies  : 

Duties  of : 

Ask  Questions  as  Provided,  50. 

Applications  for  License,  48. 

Elect  various  Boards,  48. 

Grades  Reported  to,  171,  173. 

Grant  License,  48,  145-148. 

Investigate,  Sunday  School  Work,  47. 

List  Ministers  in  Minutes,  49. 

Recommendation  for  Ordination,  150-152. 
Recommendation  for  Renewal  of  License,  60  :1. 
Reports  Received,  47,  150,  151,  164,  :6 ;  168,  169, 
171-173,  190. 

Work  for  Future  Planned,  47. 

Presiding  Officer  of,  46. 

Required,  46. 

Sessions,  46.  ffl 
Visitors,  46. 


132 


MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  C. 


Members  of,  46,  73. 

District  Council  : 

Duties  of : 

Advise  Local  Churches  and  Assist  District  Su¬ 
perintendents,  57. 

Co-operate  with  District  Assemblies,  55,  145. 
District  the  State,  anil  form  Circuits,  56. 
Oversight  of  Churches,  Ministers,  etc.,  54. 
Report  Concerning  Ordination  of  Candidates,  15] . 
Quorum  for,  64. 

Sessions  of,  64. 

District  Secretary  : 

Certificate  of  Standing  Granted  by,  160. 

Of  District  Assemblies  and  Councils,  62. 

Report  Blanks  Provided  by,  155.  189. 

Signs  Licenses  and  Renewals,  148. 

District  Superintendent  : 

Duties  of : 

Certificate  of  Standing  Granted  by,  160. 
Convenes  District  Council,  64. 

Enquiries  Prescribed  by  the  Manual  to  be  Made 
by,  61:3. 

Prepare  Lists  for  Manual  and  Minutes,  211. 
Record  of  Reports  Received,  61 :2. 

Recommend  Papers  for  Renewal,  60 :2 ;  154. 
Refusal  to  Recommend  for  Renewal  of  Papers, 
1157. 

Report  to  General  Superintendent,  60 :2 ;  156. 
Report  Blanks  to  be  Sent  Out,  60  :2 ;  155. 

Sign  Licenses,  148. 

District  Treasurer  :  63. 

Divorce,  91. 

Dress,  100. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  C. 


133 


Elements  of  Lord’s  Supper,  Administered  by  Whom, 
90.  - 

Examining  Board  : 

Examinations,  Nature  of,  168,  169. 

Examinations,  Place  of,  169:1. 

Examinations  of  Candidates  for  Ministry,  16S. 
169. 

Examinations  of  Candidates  for  Deaconesses,  190. 
Recommendations  for  Ordination,  173. 

Report  Concerning  Ordination,  151. 

Term  of  Office,  167. 

Members  of,  167. 

Family  Altar,  99. 

Festivals,  Fairs,  Etc.,  83  :2. 

General  Assembly: 

Assembly  Expense,  Appendix  A,  210. 

Carfare  of  Delegates  to,  Appendix  A,  210. 
Duties  of,  35. 

Elect  General  Council,  35:1. 

How  Composed,  33. 

Presiding  Officer  of,  41. 

Rules  of  Order,  215. 

Sessions  of,  34. 

General  Council  : 

Advise  Local  Churches,  Pastors,  Etc.,  38. 

Appeals  from  its  Decisions,  39. 

Assist  District  Assemblies,  38. 

Election  of.  45. 

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Expenses  of,  43. 

Missionary  Board  Elected  by,  40. 

Organize  New  Churches,  38. 

Presiding  Officer  of,  41. 

Quorum,  44. 


134 


MANUAL  OF  THE  Z.  H.  0 


*1 


Secretary  of,  42. 

Sessions,  44. 

District  Boundaries  to  be  Supervised,  39. 
Members  of,  37. 

General  Secretary-Treasurer: 

Duties  of : 

Furnish  Report  Blanks,  155,  158,  189. 

Money  Received  and  Disbursed,  43. 

Secretary  of  General  Council  and  General  Asseii; 
bly,  42. 

Sign  Renewal  of  Ordination  Certificates^  154. 
Member  of  General  Council,  37. 

General  Superintenent  : 

Duties  of: 

Directs  Work  Outside  of  District  Organizations,  4  j 
Endorses  Missionaries,  201. 

Issues  Yearly  Certificates,  154. 

Miscellaneous,  159. 

Oversight  of  Churches,  41. 

Preside  at  Assemblies,  41,  46. 

Member  of  General  Council,  37. 

Support  of,  86. 

Gold,  100. 

Lay  Delegates,  74,  121 :23. 

Licentiates  : 

Call,  Test  of,  144. 

Course  of  Study  for,  166,  176. 

Examinations,  168,  169,  171. 

Grant  of  License,  148. 

License  Over  Protest,  146. 

Outside  of  District  Boundaries,  147. 
Recommendation  for  License,  145. 

Renewal  of  Licnse,  148. 

Liquors,  101. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  0 


185 


Local  Churches: 

Advisory  Board  (Local). 

Class-Leaders  Menable  to,  137. 

Committees  Appointed  and  Changed  by,  143. 
Duties  of : 

Call  Pastor,  69:14;  71-73,  75,  83:1;  159. 

Dismiss  Patsor,  75,  83:1. 

How  Constituted,  69 :5,  8,  13. 

Miscellaneous  Duties,  83,  124,  141,  143. 

Quorum,  123  :2. 

Recommend  Deaconesses  and  Ministers  for  Re¬ 
newal.  189. 

Board  of  Trustees: 

Duties  of,  113. 

Election  of,  113. 

Reports  of,  121:2. 

Business  Meetings,  114. 

Annual  Church  Meeting  : 

Appoint  Class-meeting  Committees,  117  :7;  135. 
Covenant  Read  and  Considered,  118 :2. 

Election  of  Advisory  Board,  117  :1 ;  Sunday-school 
Board,  117  :2  ;  128. 

Finnancial  Obligations  Considered,  117 :3. 
Missionary  Interests  and  Support,  119,  193-194. 
Questions  Asked  and  Answered,  117 :4-5. 

Reports,  117  :6. 

Sessions,  116. 

Church  Meetings  : 

How  Called  and  Quorum  for,  115. 
Superintendent’s  Meetings,  120. 

Questions  at,  121. 

Delegates  and  Alternates  to  District  Assembly,  74. 
Delegates  and  Alternates  to  General  Assembly,  33. 
Members  : 


136 


MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  0. 


Accepted  by  Advisory  Board,  93. 

Acceptance  of  Church  Covenant,  95-105. 
Advisory  Board  to  Discipline,  112. 

Breach  of  Covenant  by,  108. 

Charges  Preferred  Against,  111,  163. 
Dismissal  of,  109. 

Expulsion  of,  110.  ffl 

Questions  to  be  Answered  by,  94. 

Reception  of,  106. 

Reception  by  Letter,  107. 
officers,  69 :8,  13. 

Election  of,  69  :6. 

Clerk,  Duties  of,  79,  158. 

Deacons,  Duties  of,  81. 

Elders,  Duties  of,  82. 

Treasurer,  Duties  of,  80. 

Spiritual  Qualifications  of,  69  :7. 

Vacancies,  How  Filled,  69 :6. 
origin  of,  65. 

ORGANIZATION  : 

How  Accomplished,  66-69. 

Number  Required  to  Effect,  66. 

Pastor  (see  Pastor). 

Recommendation  for  License,  145. 

SPECIAL  ADVICES  : 

Administration  of  Sacraments,  90. 
Co-operation  with  District  Organization,  89. 
Duties  as  to  Pastor’s  Support,  86. 

FREEWILL  OFFERINGS,  88. 

Marriage  and  Divorce,  91. 

Military  Warfare,  92. 

Reference  to  District  Council,  84. 
Systematic  Tithing.  86. 

Local  Preachers’  License,  164. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  0. 


137 


Authority  of,  164 :4. 

How  Pro  Aided,  164:1. 

Jurisdiction  of,  164  :3. 

Report,  164  :5-6. 

Supervision  of,  164:2. 
jODGES,  101. 

Members,  Reception  of,  93-105. 

Ministers : 

Action  Against,  163. 

Appeal  of,  163. 

Call,  How  Entertained,  159. 

Change  of  Location,  160. 

Course  of  Study  for,  166. 

Dismissal  of,  162. 

Directory,  216. 

From  Other  Churches,  161. 

Listed  in  Minutes,  49. 

Ordained,  Church  Relationship  of,  158. 
Reports,  Penalty  for  Failure  to  Give,  157 
Reports  to  be  Made  Quarterly, *155. 

Registry  of,  160. 

Special  Advices  to,  177-180. 

Suggestions  to,  181-186. 

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Jissions,  Foreign  : 

Local  Churches  Relation  to,  119,  193-194. 
Missionaries  : 

j 

Allowances  of,  198. 

Appeals  of,  200:2. 

Endorsement  of,  201. 

Leaving  our  Church,  200  :3. 

Miscellaneous  Instructions,  200:1. 
Qualifications  of,  199. 

Social  Relations  of,  200  :4-5. 


138 


MANUAL  OP  THE  I.  H.  0. 


Missionary  Board  : 

Duties  of : 

Appoint  Superintendents  of  Foreign  Fields 
Missionary  Council,  196:1;  197:1. 

Candidates  Examined  by,  196 :2. 

Financial  Obligations  Assumed,  196 :3. 

—  Members  of,  195. 

Missionary  Superintendents  :  196 :1. 

Duties  of :, 

Call  Missionary  Conference  Yearly,  197 :4. 
Disburse  Monies,  97  :3. 

How  Appointed  and  Term  of  Office,  197 :1. 
Missionary  Councils,  196 :1. 

Missionary  Interests,  119,  193,  194. 

Official  Record:  216. 

General  Council,  216:1. 

General  Missionary  Board,  216  :2. 

Special  Committees,  216 :3. 

Ordination  : 

Certificates  of,  153. 

Credit  for  Work  Done,  174. 

Eligibility,  149,  152,  173,  174. 

Reports  Concerning  Candidates  for  150-151. 
Right  of  Appeal,  154. 

Yearly  Certificates,  154. 

Pastors : 

Call  of,  7V75. 

Dismissal  of,  75. 

Duties  of: 

Advice  to,  177-180. 

Children,  Oversight  and  Instruction  of,  181 :7,  i 
Circulate  Manual,  186. 

Circulate  Literature,  186. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  0. 


130 


Control  Pulpit,  181:6;  184. 

Miscellaneous  Duties,  76,  128,  135. 

Nominate  Board  of  Trustees,  113. 

Local  Workers,  164:2;  183. 

Oversight  of  Church  Records,  185:1. 

Papers  and  ^Statistics,  1185:2-3. 

Presides  at  Business  Meetings,  114. 

Seeks  and  Encourages  Workers,  182. 

Standing  Committees,  141. 

Assistant  Pastor,  77. 

TTebm  of  OrfiiCE,  75. 

UABTEBLY  MEETINGS,  59. 

ITUAL ; 

Baptism,  203. 

Burial,  207. 

Children,  Baptism  of,  204. 

Consecration  of,  207. 

Deaconesses,  Form  for  Ordination  of,  209. 

Lord's  Supper,  206. 

Marriage,  202. 

Ministers,  Ordination  of,  208. 
landing  Committees  (of  Local  Churches)  : 
Auditing,  141:2. 

Finance,  141 :1. 

Missions,  141 :4. 

Records,  141 :3. 

Reports,  141 :4.  ’ 

Sunday  Schools 
Board  of,  127. 

'Delegates  from,  to  District  Organization,  131. 
Election  of  Officers  and  Teachers,  128 ;  and  of 
|  Sunday  School  Board,  117 :2. 

|  Library  for,  130. 


140 


MANUAL  OF  THE  I.  H.  0. 


Literature  of,  128-130. 

Organization  of,  70. 

Purpose  of,  125-126. 

Required,  125. 

Superintendent,  78,  117  :6  ;  121 :2. 

Superintendent  of  Foreign  Mission  Fields  (M: 
sions). 

Tithes  and  Offerings,  86-88,  98,  181 :2. 

Tobacco,  101. 

Tongues,  25,  26. 


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